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•^fiends and acquaintances. W e shall'
send iT far aridlvtde into ditTe rent nations
of lire earth. Let ail wh0/*eceive1t do so
too, nfrfl come up “to the help of the
Lord -against the mighty/’ for soon the
sinners in Zion shall be afraid and fear-
fu l ne<* shall surprise the hypocrite: yea.

soon the .Lord will pome and will destroy atrieal performances, one person repre- ..
the son of perdition '•with the brightness sents another./ The pcotf of this is hi
of his co nin (r .” the expression here used, “that ho as

_ . ... God sit lot fi in the teniple of God, shew-

T li e Mau of Sin* ing himself that he is; God.” This part

—nrmr m- n i ■ i . . i ■ n fm r h - y ~ f of t h is P ro P he «y was > fi H ed 1,1 the

. .. < . . , . pie of God, in Nanvoo, Ev Brigham

Paul concerning an individual who is \ T . ; r \ ®

* . r • . /- .Young, He is that man of sm, the son

dose ibed as tint, man of sin, the son of - ° ' .

| perdition, and that wicked. It is the
general opinion of professors of Chris-
tianity, who are /opposed to popery,

of perdition, which Paul here prophecies
of. In the pretended endowments in the
tern[>le"'atr'Nauvoo, (according to the les-

•’ . ... . 1 ' * * * mony of some who went through those

that this individual is ihe Pope of Home. / x

* performances,) there was a pretence

There are several reasons which prevent , t « ,* .

^ . . .* maae to represent tne garden -of Lden,

me from coinciding m this opinion. In
thcjjrst place, no Pope of Romo ever
saw a temple of God, and hence could
not sit in the temple of God, as the 4th
verse says the man of sin would. Nei-
ther could Paul apply this prophesy to
all the Popes, for he speaks of one per-
son only, cni! one who is to be on the
earth when the Lord comes for the 8:h
verse, says, “And then shall that wicked
bo revealed, whom the .Lord shall co i-

and Adam and Eve therein, whilst Brig-
ham Young blasphemously person fied
the God of Gods, Answering to his name.

The old sects don't believe in the exist-
ence of any being higher than ihe Fatli-^
er of Jesus Christ, and therefore cannot
countorfiet that which they have no idea
or belief in. But it is a doctrine of the
Church of J. C. ofL. D. S. that tiro re is
such a being, and Brigham Young has

sume with the spirit of his mouth,' and b a( J, the daring audacity to personify suen
shall destroy with the brightness of his a being.

coming.” Here are two important facts The doctrine of Paul m. this chapter
to guide us in the investigation of this, shows that thelro i« a being higher than
subject, namely that there was to* be a that i/callud God or that is wor-
temple of God on the earth when the shipped,” and- that t'-he man who shear id-
son cl perdition*' is revealed, and that his represent himself in that capacity should
des ir lie l ion will beat the coming of the- be proceeded by another di§jUp guislied
Lord. Again, the 4th verse gives us the individual^ The 5th, Gth, 7th and 8th
outlines of the work which the son of verses, sets forth this idea as follows: —
perdition; would perform in the temple of Remember vo not,ihat when Twas yet
G°d. It says *oi nun. “tv no apposem witn you, 1 told you tho*e things! Ana
and exallelh himself above all that is now you know what wilhhbldolh that lie
called God, or.thal is worshipped; so that might be revealed in his. time. For tiro
ho as God ^itteth in the temple of God, mastery of iniquity doth already work:
shewing himself that he is God.” It ap- o^ly lie who now leltetli will let, until
-pears tRetvthat jJWrejs a Bei;ng^ higher he be taken out of the way: And then
flian the one called God or that is wor- Stall that wicked be revealed! whom- the
shipped, and the son of perdition would Lord shall consume with the spirit of his
represent himself inabBvcharacter of this mouth, and shall destroy with the Bright-
Great Personage, tho same as in the the- ness of his coming. Tile* Apostle here*

Sfelfe? something w a s or would with- day , because he had pleasure in un right-. ’dried up, and . his right eye shall-, fil*< ut*

Emm. l> ol d, v that the son of perdition might bo~ eousnessT'ah.a so k is TT ow'w iLh ihe-imn r-frH ^Wrknnnrl » ' - .

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u V >• * C? . - .WWW, ww rv w livrv ttltu I.I1U mail — „

revealed ;in Ins lime. U^mrther shews of sin and his apostate adherents. • -V v f ho following prophecies; W refer

s ®” ie wou _ slan i*» thn. way --We will in the next place refer you to for further testimony concerning
/to hinder this man of sin from being- -re- , „ ,l oW - p • ; w Wk • V-iV^ » - .

p\Xy’ 1 j u nti l' h L ti m e Th r ■ our readers lo an extractor the Journal l "° nitln °* sin: Joseph, a faithful and

11 18 bcll -' cdb - y ,Vinn - v 8 taW if: /T T, JT T“' — BTIgKimrTftegrcai:-

vl be rendered thus. Ho who hindere.l, * W c / d ° 80 w,lh he hnn b f 1,ef »«g* man. Micah 7th. 2-3-20 v. Brigham,

V vil1 «'ider u,1,il hc J>« taken out (of the . lm f ) olul ? 13 lhe nian who 13 therc dcs ' a wicked counsellor.-' Nahum l et 1-9
fray. The question now -arises who ci!jcd ®? that man who was called ol , 1-15 v.

'-’hindered Brigham Young from mtnmcnc- ; < " ,od ai,d appointed, that putteth forth’ T . * ~.

£»$££ - tag hlsv wor k as the man of sin? 1 mw. *'is hand to steady the ark of God, shall “ dttW00 ' » 1 agazine for Dee.

wer JoMnhsinirh waTthT^T^hT^ tlm nre surne Pfophectes of men

dared himrflnW ho was taken out of ,l/ {|)at is '^«ton by the vivid shaft of light: ]p“ J,luu imics, puuupallj, ..dating to
CWv-i way. -Hence t':o prophet Joseph s:i j c |-!JU ,, g*” M«ny important subjects aje pro . ) > '“ l . 1 ° lls m <rance * wlj'ch havo

J that if B.i-ba,,, vj 8 ov CT Lj . i« will, ,1. « ,'ta . “ 6I "’ 8 ““ oh * «»»•

. ” • — ve«»"U

a wicked counsellor. * v Nahum 1 ch. 1-9

'church he would load it to tho devil t!ll & lo the doslruction-o! the man o( sin;* , ,

M , , • uw>n * s o.^ ’v r & X | endeavored

^aul also further shows us- how this i imos & fconsom, Oci. 15, 1044,

/•would be accomplished. He trlvcs n«Tnr_ P a £ c 674, xV - /

In Blackwood’s Magazine For Dec. '
1048, there are some prophecies of men
in inode rn limes, principally j^liUlllg 10 “
"the revolutions in France, which have
been fulfilling in such a remarkable man-
ner, that the government of France has

to prevent the crraUation.-s-

1 wiiu fiit# . A 7 i One of these - prophecies says that the

\ /would be accomplished. Tic wives usTur- ^/4, . . - . 1 *. • sj ■ *

.i . ~ c . 0 i n v - , u uian ol sin will be born of two races,

her information concern i ng tl.o work of. L * \°™S «*as Legally called *,d «p. This man’s prophecy concludes with
the man of sin from the 8th to the 12th Po^ntod to t no quorum of the twelve, but lhwo , vorJs: , GoJ . wi „ combat • , h ’
verses, as follgwsr “Even him whose «‘.s ban I tjf preside ov^^ Mon , of IJb Uvo jusl 01ies> Thc ma(l

, C °Tl lS af ‘ er tbG ™*"Sor Satan, ; ^an^U has made lumstlfa vessel of. of sin shall carry ^Tie vie, or v. Bu
with all power and, signs and lying won- j d d ^^«* all is over!' The mighty God has placed

^rs and with all deceiveablcss of „„J In Luk-. 13 eh; 1 1-32 v., is a parable before my comprehension a wall of fire.

, r, 8 htcousness ln them that perish; be- j •■>. a man who bad two sons. The youn- I can see no more. Maybe fe blessed
i, cause they received not the love 'uf Hie ‘ u fttr country “and forevermore. A men.”

rv . . ; , . , ^ j ' i'-' 1 t-tuimuif, million# >

*ruth that they might be saved. And for !-th«re wasted his substance witli riotous «ni , , ,

’ /his cause God shall send thorn strong living,” wc believe means the Bri^ha- tU th ?J r6pnocy ‘ of ,he Sol! -

//delusion, that they, should lelieve a ,'ieJ mites who have gone'.to the West with f!f° ! d .° n , ot asscr . 1 lhat bo

/ that they all might be damne^ who be- thejr Wubines; that a miglity famine falso pi-oplmts often p.'oiaL/coTrt’ctlT
dieve not the truth, hot had ^plea«tre in j will he t here, that the citizen of that but inasmuch as he prophesied of so ml’
|un righteousness. • 7 he .deceivabfeness j country,” is the man of sip,; that' the ny remarkable events with' so much cor-

of unrighteousness an^the-strong delu-.; Father is thcTrfiphet Joseph to whom redness, hV propkoev concerning the’
• sion is stnctly characteristic, of Brig-' j they- comoi ’ man Q f sin is worthy 'of our cons.dera-

t a ?h n/f ^Pir'^l-if-doctrinAj ^ ln Ezekiel, 21 ch. 25-27 v.,' we he- «««. The vic.tory of the-man of sin in
.bf the B^tle ehurch is an owont.al«' | ievc thc i nan of sm is called : the pro- combat with the two just ofms, being the
patt of the strong del ustou here- referred fa ., 0 wi(;kcJ p , ince of Isra?r 1J js Q \. Qr , finatp of his vision, he . did not see his
o. lat which nas supported and cans throw is Uwro also described as in many final overthrow. We Tmve brought for-
ed his strong delusion is the love oi ini- ol j lei . p rof) j iec j ed . , ward the foregoing testimony on this

quity of many who are called saints — Mml il,™. r subject, hoping that we may ho mstru-

man q f siu is worthy of our considera-
tion. The vic.tory of the-man of siu in
combat with the two just ones, being the
finatp of his vision, he did not see his
final overthrow. We have brought for-
ward the. foregoing testimony on this
subject, hoping that we may bo instru-

ThaV^t f-;, T ■ " , “ Alld lbou Profane wicked prince of SUbjCCt ’ ^“8 tbat * e ^ bo instru-

he G.eatGoJ seeing the iniquity ol Israel, whoso day is come, whe^ ininuity montal io disseminating light and doing

many in the church, sent l imn strong sh Ml have an cud. Thus saith the Lord - uoJ 10 ou * fclIoW be,n 8 s nnd in ’ s,l;ilcl1 -

(Uuis.ion that at I MK.-h migh t be damned. Uo(] . 1{cinovc lllC aiatlcin. and lake ing some of our species, from the mes-.

.HioLord scuta ying spirit unto A mb o) j- lll0 crown . ahall not bo the sam0i meric and Satanic power of tho man of
iflgo siac, la so mnsc o oxa i t that is low,and abase him that is sin. Wc havo only arrived to the litres-
work wickedness. So t mt i icaia 1 a j w jll overturn, overturn, overturn hold of testimony on this subject, but wo

P ! oph6tpr. Go d toll him to go against aQ( j ^ ^ ia j| | je no more until he come intend to continue tho subject in our next

Ra malfrGittend to hattfe, (W-sai , ie,J ,e vV j lose jfigij ts jt is; and I will give it liim.’. numter. Wo intend also to show what

“Lord shall deliver it unto 1 1 _ ul °' Ze.ch. 11 cb., 17 v., defines the man authority tho Prophet Joseph holds at

The prophet knew at t le same time t a of sin a d t he idol shepherd thus: Wo to this time, and tho hereditary rights and

'-•'• g would not conquer, but would the yd ihepherd that leaveth tho ^floga. i lhorU in Uw church and kingdom of

nlain. (S*?e 1 kings 22 ch.) A strong the sword shall bo upon his arm, arid up- 1 , . , . . , Willl ... .

'•n*' 'on- had possessed the king in that on his right eye; his arm shall be clean Je*3pl^.

B¥ a. ^HUl^.

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.COVflNGS'ON, H £2 iVJL'O €££"&', MAES CIS, *849.

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jt is now near two years since it was
repealed unto us that the Prophet Joseph
Smith will continua to hold the keys of
the kingdetn until the coming of Christ*
that his kindred would enjoy cstrnoidt-
nary and special privileges and blcscings
in the kingdom of God- -that the cilice
of patriarch over the church of God is
hereditary, and therefore belongs to
brother Win. Smith; that the priesthood
of Aaron is hereditary to the end of lime,
that wo are of the, lineage of Aaron.—
(Sec B. of Cov. 3, 4 and 22 sec.)

For more than a year after these
tilings were rondo known unto us, v. c
were entirely in "ignorance of the ideas
entertained by Dro. Lyman Wight, and
nearly as much in ignorance concerning
"Mm location. When 4us position was
made known to us, >vc found that we

were united in spirit with a nourish: n

branch' of the church, who are laboring !
for the redemption of Zion. Last fall S
we met with Bro. Wm. Smith, f who in-
structed us more perfectly in. the doctrine
of the lineal rights of the presidency of
the church. Since that time the subject |
has been unfolded to us with great plain-
ness by the spirit of the living God.

* Having corresponded with Bro. Wm.
Smith, he has sent us for publication two
letters from Bro. L. Wight and BrUhop
Miller, and a letter Lorn Mother Smith,

.and one of his own.

We have pr£nxed the name of “Mel-
"chisedec” at the heacTof our paper, be-
cause Bro. Wm. has offered his aid in the
publication of this paper, whicn we
cheerfully accept. We hope also that
our brethren in Texas will unite with us,
and the pure in heart everywhere, ns
soon ns possible, that wc may build a tern-
n le to our God in Jackson coun»y, Mo.,
that Zion may be “redeemed with judg-
ment and her converts with righteous-
ness.”

LETTLE. FKO.M BSO. L. WIGHT.

Zodiac Mills, ?
August 22 , d 1840.5

Brother William Smith: We are in a
bustle this morning with business, not
having been over 13 hours since we have
appointed two messengers logo to your
place, in which lime we have spared no
pains in writing our feelings concerning
the Smith fumilv.

In answer to yout interrogations con-
cerning your standing, we es a branch
of the Church of Jesus Christ, organi-
sed under the hand of the ever to be re-
membered your beloved brother Joseph
and your father, one of the noblest Pa-
li iarchs on earth. — We have considered
it the most grievous part of our mission
that you, the last survivor of six sons and
a very aged father, should be turned from
;hc house of their widowed mother, in
her old age, for standing up for your
lights, ar.d then for it to be said by the
authorities of the church, that your moth-
er, between 70 and 30 years of age,
should turn you from her door for the
pitiful sum of $200 a year, after sb
had been a mother in Israel for the last
13 years, and being the mother of the

d ren, and if she wishes her bones to be }
carried to Nuuvoo, I pledge snyscli it
shall be done. If she wishes to remain
there, our support will not be withheld
from her as oft as wc can make remit-
tances, and if she should come here, she
can have the^ privilege of going to an 1
from as oft as she shall think it necessa-
ry. Tell Orange from the time he left
up to the 1st of December next, there
will be from fifty to one hundred new
members of the citizens of 1 exits, and
not less than 1,000 head of cattle. The
bearers are wailing and 1 must close. —

With all due deference to the priesthood
and the lineage iheieof, 1 remain your
sincere brother in the Lord,

LYMAN WIGHT.

The following certificate was annexed

to Bro. Wight’s letter to Mother .

and n letier from Mother Smith to her
son William: —

P. S. — Wo being appointed by the
unanimous voice of the brethren here to
write to Mother Smith and Wm. Smith,
we join in sending the foregoing, approv-
ed by the Church. L. WIGHT,

GEO. MILLER.

seventh Angel of the seventh . and last
dispensation of God on earth, she will
eventually be the mother of all those in
the last dispensation or thousand years.

Now, Brother William, we hold you
as a Patriarch, as being the last survivor
of the Archangel of the sevenglh and
last dispensation — as being the Patriarch
of the whole church, and the blessing of
prophet and seer to rest upon his old-
est son if ho will receive it, if not. we
shall look unto you until the Lord shall
make some one of his posterity willing
to receive it. Now tell your aged moth-
er that she is not to be proscribed in her
living. If she sees fit to come to Texas,
she can have ail 6he wishes for her sup-
port on earth, and a home for her chil-

Natjvoo, the dih of January, 1849.

My dear son I VUlunn : These letters
I received the same lime I received yours,
which l send you. I received your let-
ter dated Philadelphia, December, 1848,
which gave me consolation to hear that
vou are alive, and building up the cause
of our Heavenly Fathct, and I hope the
Lord will prosper you.

I am sick and feeble. I hope you will
write as quick as you gel this. They all
join me in sending their love to you.

This from your mother,

’ LUCY SMITH.

An extract from a letter which wo
wrote to brother Wm. Smith, Nov. 26,
3848. “Last week I examined the book

o^'Otmon to find what testimony it con-
tains concerning the lineal righto of
those who stood at the head of the Nc-
pnilcs, and who hold the records and sa-
cred things, and handed them down from
age to age. I found that (except in three
instances) the plates, &c., were handed
down from father to son, or from broth-
er to brother, from Nephi to .Moroni who
hid them in the earth. It does not ap-

con .cciod with the handing down of this
priesthood somewhat analogous to the
picsent circumstances in which the
church is placed. On the 394 p., it ap-
pears that Hclaman died, and Shiblon
his brother took possession of the sacred
things, although Hclaman had a. son nam-
ed Uolaman. Shiblon held them three
years and conferred them upon his nepb
ew Lelaman and died. It appears nroh

pear when Amnieki conferred rho piatas

'.'pbn king Benjamin, whether he was his his father died mi "° r ^ h ° n

nearest relative or not. The reasons as-
Mpned by Amokeii for delivering the
plates to Benjamin arc, “having no°sceU,
nnd knowing king Denjamin to be a iust
man before the Lord, wherefore l shall
deliver up these plates unto him.” The
right-of bis seed to poacjfUe plates, (if
.he had had any seed,) is here implied—

Mesial, conferred upon Alma the £0 n ol
Alma all the records, interpreters, & c .,
although he had sons living. IJ C uus al-
*° oppointed to be Em chief judge—

Mcsiah’s soas were no: willing to^ml-o
upo:. them the kingdom,, and Aaron his
<!0tl V!i * S one to the land of Nephi—

Mosiah declared the right of his son to
- th ' but that he declined to take

- on him the kingdom. On page 211' in
the 3rd edition, it i s stated that Mtfiiah’n

sons went into the wilJcrnes*?

jt t men

reads thus: “.Vow King Mosiah.hud no one
to confer the kingdom on, for there was
not any of his sons who would accept of
■the. kingdom.” It gocs 0 „ and , how , lhat

r U»S80 reasons the recordsr&e., were
conferred upon Alma. On the 504 o. ,t
is stated that Ammaron deposited all* the
sacred engravings in the hill Shim, and
directed Mormon to go there when he

should be about 24 years old, (ho bc.n»

them about 10 years old,) and take up
he plates of Nephi, &c. Mormon ob-
ained the plates accordingly. It j, not
Mated what relationship there was be-
tween Mormon and Ammaron, but from
tne history contained in the book of M or .

z^? Ia r haithehi s h p«ooj
f"“" ded , ,n mCal 0rder> Thosc "ho

held the plates, &c, are frequently call-
edh.gh pries (sever the church, and on
2.1 p., they are called seers holding the
interpreters or Urim end Thummium-

LETTEF. FROM BRO. WILLIAM SMITH.

II.IRTFORD CoXXETtCUT, )
March 7, 1849. $

( ^ f olher Saeen: I have perused your
ieiicr of November 2G, 1C4D, on a lined
priesthood, and give place to the follow-
>ng because of the correctness of your
remarks. This doctrine of a lineal
priesthood was so universally taught and
believed by the church, that there was not
a single individual member but what look-
ed towards the Smith family (this family
being first called) to continue their lead
al the head of the church; until the plan
was conceived or by either Brigham or
bis associate council in the sprang and
summer of 1045, to seize hold on the
throne ot the presidency, which was done

■ ■■ in-11 ins none

It then at the same time and maintained at all
'Inn — Wards, as they said they would do
right or tcrong .

As it regards my rights or patriarch-
al priesthood over tne whole church, you
will notice that the doctrine of B>iV|iam
Young upon this subject at one timc° was
precisely the same as set forth in your
letter, and no difference was attempted to
be maintained until the work of usurpa-
lion commenced. The following were
were the views of Brigham only three
months after the death of Joseph and
Uyrsm: “In the place of Hyram Smith
to the patriarchal office to the whole
church, the right rests upon your (\V m 'l
head no doubt.” See letter signed C.

0Un °’ dateci r'tauvoo, Sept. 23, 1844,
P»bU,W ,n ‘he K. York Prophet, Noe.

' f ’ Ste SritW. reirark,
on the same subject published in the con-
lerenco minutes of Ort. IC44, in the
Times and Seasons. “Young arose and

-^.peoo,,—

that Ashael Smith should be ordained to
tbc office of Patriarch; he went on to
show that the right of tho office of Patri-
archo to tho whole church belonged to
I Wm. Smith, as a legal right by descent.”
It was nearly one year after the publica-
tion of this position taken by B. Young,
that John Taylor published a long arti-
cle under the head of Patriarchal, decla-
ring that my right to office only extend-
ed to tho office cf “Patriarch to tho'
.church and not over it;” claiming at tho
same time that the quorum of the 12 of
wnich 1 was a member, had a right toor-
dain me; a right that could not belong to
any one except the first Presidency of
the church. If, indeed, tho 12 held that
authority over the church of God, 1 hold
as much of this authority as any one mem-
ber of that quorum, and by seniority C f
membership and lineage held n superior
ciaim to any. Mine was not tho claim
(according to Birghan) to tho office or
patriarch in tho church, or to the church,
but it was a claim to tho offico of Patri-
arch over the whole church, cr “to tho
whole church.” us B. V. calls it, wh-h
is virtually the same. That the “j g
had a right to ordain patriarchs in r.U
large branches of tho church abroad ”

I did not pretend to deny, but that the’v
had a right to ordain one of their own
number and place him under the direc-
tion of the presidency, or to ordain a.
patriarch to the wholo church, I do de-
ny, and pronounce the position a falsa
doctrine, and from tho devil, to destroy
tho church. Jt was a right that belong,
cd to the first Presidents of the church

and it is plain lhat the 12 had not th*«

right or power over the church to act as
first Presidents, as their position and
place in tne church is defiened by rove-

SV4.M.«™' lin *“ un ' i ‘ - »»> *

[To be continued.]

r ~ wEVsis

. 0C7~ < ‘/\s r said unto Abralir.m conmrr
ing the kindreds of tho earth; even so*
say unto my servant 'oseph, in thee am

eirth*' S m ’ *j a . U thc k ‘ ndre d of tin

earth oe blessed.”— B. ofCo-- .-nek,.
4th edition. '' 0r * ?° Z P B 3 e

MELCI-IISEDECK AND AA110NIC IIEEAL D?

BY I. SHEEN. YOL. 1. NO- 0.

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‘•Oil THAT MY HEAD WERE WATERS, A HD MINE EVES A FOUNTAIN OF TEARS, THAT l MIGHT WEEP DAY AND NIGHT FOR THE

SLAIN OF THE DAUGHTERS OF MY FEOrLE.”

COVlLWiTOrV, B2AY

1, fl 849.

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A Revelation, given lo Selah Lane and j
others, March 19vh, lCd9, to choose
twelve Apostles, and to call oilier la
borers into the vineyard; to set in or-
clojr the Chinches, plant slakes, &c. —
h-i»*&Uo a commandment ao all the
Churches, and to all in every place
that call on the name of Lord; selling
forth also iho true light that was to
come.

lie hold I say unto' you, my servant.
Sc! ah Lane, gird up thy loins, be sober
and watch unto prayer, for 1 have called
thee to an high and holy calling — :o
preach mv gospel; even as my servants
were called in days of old: to preach
and to teach by the Comforter, which is
my holy spirit — which Comforter I will
send unto you, and by no other spirit
::iia!t thou teach.

-..'And now behold I say unto you all
my servants that have taken upon them
n" name, let them not conn: the ministry
' .\, r whicii they have been called as a thing,
of naught, or as a light thing, or j!ark-
t.oss followutb after: for ! am God* Je-
hovaii Ttrven Jesus Christ* ytfirr Lord and
y r O.i d; and will bo honored on J glo-
rified of them whom I have appointed to
•tin my work, if faithful lo their calling
and ministry; otherwise, others will l
plant iu thou* stead, that will serve mo
v. '.lii a pure and perfect ’near:.

Therefore, I say unto you acrain, cease
from all your light speeches, for -my com-
ing is nigh even unto your doors.

Behold I say unto you, be otto, R3 the
rather and 1 are one,, that y c may be in
ii.o r.r.J 1 in you, as I am iu the Father
cni-Uho Father in me; that as the Fath-
er and I arc one, tli.it wo may be one al-
so. For this is my commandment unto
you a!! my saints: Co one in faith, be
pm: m doctrine, bo one in spirit, be one
: r i your to m poral th i n g > a > - w e 1 1 as i n
voir spiritual things. Be on ;, 1 soy, in
;dl things. Give without grading; uni
1st ail count themselves as' stewards of
the fnahl Fold grace of God. Ye must be
•■•'{U-d. Nevertheless, Set c - •? ry man
disown, and covet u>A a. hers.--
Yot of t sal which a man !» >-h s!i:d{ he he
j i-Jg'-.]; and ho that will sow .snarl uni v

shall reap sparingly, and he that will 1
sow grudgiidy shall reap grudgingly,
and he that will sow to the wind shajl of
the wind reap corruption; and how hard-
ly sisal l a rich man, that will make a
god of his riches, enter into the king-
dom cf heaven. Behold, yerily, verily,

1 say unto you, Ire cannot enter in until
he has paid the uttermost farthing. Ye
must be one; ye must have charity, for
this is profitable withal. For if ye have
not charily, and are not one, ye are
none of mine: and if ye will do these
things, and keep my commandments, 1
will come unto you, and receive you un-
to myself, that where. I am there ye may
1 be also.

And now, behold I say unto you my
servant Seluh, be thou a strength unto
my Church, a counsellor in Zion , to
comfort the poor of my people, and to
gather up the scattered remnants of my
people Israel, and establish them in p^ace
forever. Behold, l say, go ye out into
my yincyard; larry not, and cal! other la-
borers into my vineyard, even twelve
servants, that shall be ordained like un-
to my apostles of old. And behold 1
will ordain them, and endow them with
power from on high, and they shall be
my diciplos. And ye shall lay your
hands upon them to ordain them, and
they shall go out into the highways and
hedges, to gather up my elect and to
compel them to come in, that my supper
may be full. Make haste, then, for a
short work will I perform upon the face
of the whole earth. It is the last and
• eleventh hour. And unto yo.i that are
j standing idle, as well as unto those that
have been upon the watch-tower waiting
tor my corning, have I raised up and sent
unto you a Prophet, even Elijah that
\vas to come, and a John in the spirit of
Llias, to do his work, and lo prepare the
way or my co ning, and make straight
paths in the wilderness.

William Smith is the Prophet of whom
I have spoken, and my servant that 1
have endowed with the keys and with]
i he powers ofihe holy priesthood, and j
onto him, also, have 1 appointed to hold j
the Keys of Elijah, and also of Eli is a. id |
of Joan, to stand at the head of this last

dispensation on earth, to regulate rny
church and kingdom, to ordain apostles
and prophets, evangelists, pastors and
teachers, and to comer the same spirit of
Elijah and Elias upon them, by the lay-
ing on of hands, as did my apostles of
old, and to ordain all that shall come in-
to him and shall desire to be ordained. —
And l have appointed also my servant
Aaron Hook, and my servant Selah Lane
to be his counsellors, and to go fort!) and
choose other servants, vea even twelve-
apostles, setting in order all the churches
that Zion may fiourish again upon the
hills and upon every high mountain. Go
yc, therefore, and plant stakes in every
kind, and let thy faithfulness be seen of
all men, and power shall be given thee
from on high, even an endowment of
which l have spoken; and power shall be
given thee also to discern between the
I righteous and wicked — between them
[That serve God and them that serve
him not; for their works shall do made
manifest, of what sort it is, whether it
bo good or v belli or it be evil. And
the righteous will i gather into the gar-
ner, and the wicked will burn with un-
quenchable fire.

Behold I say ye shall honor him whom
I have placed at your head, and abide
faithfully his counsel; for 1 will bless
him with wisdom and with might* And
if thou wilt abide, and do as I have com-
manded, that (gift) priesthood which was
ordained upon you in eternity shall not
fail thee of an iuli3rilar.ee in my ever-
lasting kingdom, to go no more out. —
Go yc out into every city, teaching mv-
word, baptising and ordaining elders and
apostles, healing the sick, casting out
devils in my name, as the spirit of truth
shall direct, in moeknes and in humuili-
tv. And lo, I am with you to the end of
the world. Even so — Amen.

The above revelation was received
and written in Hartford, March 13, 1319
by the Prophet Elijah, an J snfihu it lo
siy for the present, ih u in regard to the
vision, it was like a :» «rniug fire sh :t.uj»
in rny b:nes until l it was written.

f \ r.r.-.c'wn calling the me.

jjgoaus

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to their places, will soon follow.

Mr Editor: You arc at liberty to pub-
lish this strange and singular affair, with
my request for other papers to copy*

Elijah, the Prophet,

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The Progress of tho Work.

We have at different times during the
last two months, received cheering in-
telligence concerning the progicss of the
work of God in the eastern states. For
this information we are indebted to broth*
er \7m. Smith end brother Aaron Hock.

We regret that our limited space de-
tains us from laying before our rcadcis
a large portion of the interesting dccu,
ments we have received from them. We
shall however comply with the wishes of
both correspondents and readers as fast
as possible in ibis matter* After the
dark night of apostacy through which
_ the Church has passecLsince the martyr-
dom of our Prophet and Patriarch the
work is now reviving. Quite a number
cY branches have been organized in the
east. Many elders are now engaged in
preaching the gospel andyorgani^iiig
branches. We have received much en-
couragement from the saints in that re-
gion, in support of our publication, both
by word and deed, ana we hope we shall
soon be enabled to enlarge it.

Wc hope that the saints throughout
this land and other lands will unite in
one grand effort to push forward the
work by sending us the means of des-

amine the doctrines und precepts of the
church of J- C. of L. D. S. h e \w\ui
to show that it is an erroneous idea, that
because ungodly men have crept in a-
rnong uc, turning the grace of our Lord
| Jesus Christ that

therefore they are justified iiTrojoc ing
the fulness of tlm gospel which was rc
vcnled unto Joseph the prophet und t lie
caintsW the latter days. We doni
want to bestow all our labors upon apos
tates, but we also desire to bring new con
verts into the work,- for the Lord hath I
said, even “the Lord God which gatlrj
ereth the outcasts of Israel sailh, yet
will I gather others to him, besides ihose
that arc galheicd unto him.'* Wo want
to make a general appeal to mankind to
repent, for the hour of GotPs judgment
has come — to repent of their schims and
false doctrines and priestcrafts, and all
their abominations ^and obey the gospel
of Jesus Christ.

seminating the truth abroad. Now is

the time to work, for soon “the over-
flowing scourge will pass through,” and
-ns- Joseph declared some years ago “pes-
tilence, hail, famine and earthquakes
will sweep the wicked of this genera-
icn from ofT the face of the land to open
mid prepare the way for the return of
the lost tribes of Israel from. the noith
country.” Seeing these things arc now
near at hand we want to make a loud ap-
peal to all seels and parties, clergy and
laity, professors and uon-proicssors to cx-

PROGIIESS ADDITIONAL.

, We have delayed the publication of
this number in consequence ol^ receiving
! late intelligence from Br. Wm. Smith
’ and additional aid. We have therefore
1 inserted twice the amount of reading that
we intended to insert and still vve shall
have to omit publishing several impor-
tant communications at this time. We
■ hope however that by the liberality of
| the saints we shall continue Jo enlaige
lour publication from time to lime. Tins
j is what we are striving after, to accom-
1 plisli this, all monies received from sub-
scribers, will be immediately expended
on the paper, besides our own contribu-
tions. We want the saints to under-
stand dislinctlyTnal we dont want your
money for yourself, no, 'not one cent of
it, but we want to give.you a full equiv-
alent for it. We want to send gospel
truth from the center to the circumfer-
ence of the United Stales, and to cai*h s
remotest bounds.

Br. William at the date of his last let
ter (April 19th) was at Elling*on, Tol-
land county, Conn., where he had been
preaching and also at Mansfield, witn

success. . ' ‘ .

Br. Lane, counsellor, and JEr. Samuel
T. Capin who has beeh erdained to the
apostlcship arc also laboring in that re-
gion with success. Among the people in
that region there is a great desire to be-
come acquainted with our doctrine. In
L*l art fold county a branch of the church
has been organized, and three elders,
one high priest, and one apostio (Br. Ca
pin) ordained.

In New Jersey the work is progress

Revelation versus C-ran^icr.

The editor of the Hanford Weekly
Gazelle in a long article concerning Br.
William and his revelation of .Maicu 1 9,
1049, liude fault with InmanJ me reve-
lation, because lie and the revolution due?

not exhibit u conformity to the tu*cs o!

o rummer. Now we think lli.u ibis
[earned editor muvi be grossly ignorant
of some important fads, with wid.h 1m
ought lobe acquainted, which sum i con-
nected with this su beet. Whenever the *
Lord gives a revelation unto nun • • does
not pay very strict attention to th ■ chan-
geable laws of gra.jimer which u :r, e*-
j 7abl i sh from lime to time. I3 j’. N js/m-
j dependent enough to ma:iy lu^vs » . Iujj-
• T uui , e lor himscll.- i nose jeur* na-
bobs who think that this i* an in .ingc*
ment on their rights, will have to bear
with it fur there is no remedy. \\ e
would suggest to the editor of ti e GV
2 cltc , tins propriety ul an examination ot
tho prophecies in the Bible that Ir- may
ascertain ihc truth concerning tin* mat*
Uj r . We will only mention one cut of a
multitude el* such cases in that bn At. it
is an expression which is very often us-

d, namely, * # thc Most High.” Tne au-

ing.

Cl., ..«•••• I w

thor of llervey’s imditutiuiu vinmcalcs
this deviation from the laws ol gram*
mer, and admits that according to thus©
laws it should be the Highest Un i in-
stead of the Most High or the Mos* G*gh
God. Butin publishing the rcveU.v.;
of March 1 9th, the Gazelle lias i? L*

Ibw mistakes, as Ur. William info-. *
und he 'has omitted to copy elf from .he
manuscript the pronoun 1* in one or
places, which mistakes uie net impor-
tant. Wo have had to copy Iron tho
Gazette without any cor icction of these
errors.

The Lord has very frequently hereto-
fore, raised up illiterate and umearned
men to confound the wisdom ol the wise
of this world. Peter and his coli agues
were mostly illiterate fishermei.. J he
prophet Joseph was an unlearn*-.- youth
when the Loid called him, to brm- forth
his word, and to hold the keys cf this
last dispensation. llis enemies urged
the -same objection to his calling as a
prophet, which the Gazelle now brings
forward against his brother Wilham,-^
This objection they continued to urge
against him long after the tii-e, when
God had bestowed upon him a knowl-
edge- of ancient and modern languages^
astronomy and various other bruo.hes ol
learning, far superior to the lean* mg, of
any man in this age of Lhe world. To-
wards the close of his life lhy$ objection
was not advanced so frequently for it.
was a self evident fact that he hal sir-
passed the whole race of m:n now !iv r

o*

log in knowledge

| ron delivers the plates to his brother keep them, 440 p. — Ncphi died and his

V 3 ! O It n >c li 1 <1 Jt rt P Kit m i «• Vt l a e n nr'&n 1 1 e* fl A 1 t t I. . rA 1 n A nt/tn

ob cction is now aovancec. again m ujipu- ' . , . , ,

Mtionto his brother who is the legal successor tn keeping the record was his m aron did keep the record, 603 p.— Am-
lineal head of the church of Christ. son Amnleki. 146 p. — Amaleki having no niaron came unto Mormon when he was
Take warning Mr Editor and all- ye seed delivers t he plates to king Benja- about 1 (3 years ofage, and said unto him,
wise objcc’ors for this is God s work and (U j Uf 147 p._ .Bsnj imin makes his son I percieve that thou art a s.ober child,

||! wise shall perish and the understand- Mo5iah lun S hlm charge con- and arl quick to observe; therefore, when

of the prudent shall be hid. cerning the plates of brass and of No* j YC are R fcout 04 y ear3 0 ld, \ would 'that

. phi, the sword of Laban, the ball or di- \y Q s | !0U | d remember the things that ye

EN-SM ALLED. rector, 162, 155 p. — (Alma come3 to Za- j havc observed concerning this people,

• ' 1 ' - , . . rahernla, to Mosiah, 262 p., who grants and when ye are of that age, go to the

Hyde s apostate sheet has met with a uoto Alma, that he may establish church- land Antum, unto a hill which shall be
reduction'll its size. I he extortionate unto Atma n ten y Shim: and thore have I deposited.

..... , , , s \\t v * ** w 1 w » 5UUII lUtVU me putcawi UH.w;vu.-

exhijuton of his. character by A. N . p | aled 0 f brass and all things which self, and the remainder shall ye leave in *•

Babbit, in the lato controversy between / . nlnce where thev are; and ve shall

,i inm Prnhahlv the publication of this he had kept, and the records and inter- the place wnere iney me, anu^e 31.au

niroversv bv Hvde has operated un- pretcra upon Alma the son of Alma, coin- engrave on the plates of i ep 11, a; he

cuntro\orsy uy nyce uus operaicu un r 1 • things that ye mve observed concerning

favorable to himself.- .... mm, ding him to keep end preserve them, ^ le /. fi04 p ... Morm0 n goes to

Notwithstanding this reduction in size, and keep a record of his people. The ; lhe hlll shim and la kes up all the recwL

it appears he has got space enough to sons 0 f Mosiah were not willing to takc ‘ ord3 which* Ammaron had hid, 611 p. — ^

eu force Bnghamism, and to publish u lhem lho kin dom> Otherwise the Mormon is slain and Moroni his son fin-
. foolish nO\ds too. ... .. . .. • ioKoc liic bpina rnmnifiruiail of hid

foolish novels too. . kingdom belonged to his son, 211.212.! «»>«• llis record, being commanded of his

° ...... father, 517 p.— Mormon speaks of Mo-

A Singular Committed p.— Alma was appointed to be lhe first roni beins l caUed t0 the ministry,

* When brother William visited Cincin- chief judge, ho being also.lhe high priest. 544 p —Moroni seals up the record*,

enti last November, the Brighamiies in his father • having confered the office ' 569 p..

. j • m ., n i.;,, oj* ,, A» m ., rptnin* «he of- : W^h all this testimony staring in»* m

* j . . • r : [ v were 2 real! v excited in cense- .ipon ni.n, zij p- — Aiinu re. i. ins me oi •• . , , .° .

quciice, ‘which remiJieJ us of that pro- dee of high priest over the church, but ^'’oyeVlhe cburchf V ac-

phecy of liis brother Joseph concerning, delivers the judgment seat to ivephihah, knowledge you in that capacity, acting
iibii, in which it is said that “hell «htill :126 p.— Alina instructs Helaman his son, un j er Joseph your honored brother, dur-
i re table because of him." They trffponn- tVtake charge of the sacred records, and ing lhe minority of Josoph your neph-
„d a cjin„iiiu..to hi. maniaaai. k„p. ,«o,d of hi. people, 3.7 p.-AI- ^ ““Sails 'io

:vnd ours,- Since that time an attempt am disappears among them and his so»; ^ pr csthood of Moses and Aaron, or it:
was made in cue of their meetings to Helaman takes hi3 place, 340 p. — Shi- QiherwordsthcMelchis^deckandAarou-
discharge tits committee which was over- blon the brother of Helaman, took pos- ic priesthood,

ruled bv the presiding officer. The session of the sacred things at the death Hence. has arisen the doctrine of the
inode of watching enjoined' upon this of Helaman, 394, 395 p.—Shiblon died ^ te f ^ o °t h ei '"o Hi ce by the* authority
commklee has not been aatisfactorally about three years after he obtained the 0 p lke priesthood,. Their kings have
explained. Upon the wh.de this com- sacred things. Before his death he con- claimed lineal rights to kingly power
millet, may be considered as a Brigham- fered the sacred things upon his nephew, without submitting themselves to the an-

ite inquisition in minatore form. Helaman the son of Helaman his broth- j^ess on Ibis iubjea'ol Ute rights pe:-

» er, 395 p— Helaman the son of Hcla- taini , 0 , ho pri csthood by lineage is

Pur Letter to Urothcr W.. Smith, aman appointed by the people to the ^e most singular, seeing that the wo.rd
(Concluded-) judgment seat, 399 p.— Helaman died of lhe Lord is so plain concerning it.—

The succession from Ncphi I have and his eldest son Nephi began to reign Whilst I nave been enlightened by tin?
laid down as follows: Nophi consecrates . in his stead, 405 P- — Mopiii yields up the JJ»“‘ a^on’ oT Auron,"’ a E

and ordains Jacob his brother, 73 p.— I »>^ lBCnl sea t and preaches all the re- bgi . n son ° j have not understood the lin-

and ordains Jacob his brother, 73 1>-— I yi^ncnt seat and preaches all the re- bQ rn son? 1 have not understood the lin-
Nephi’s comnand.T,ejt .«» ’* acob )2l IniaFnder of his days, 406 p — Nophi the e ^| rights of Joseph’s kindred but little,

plul.« ,o‘ h» so. E.«, Ikosooof M Je P“ r “?

140 p. — Enos commands his son Jaroin the land, giving charge ui.tq hu e^e w ^ ^ 4b is doctrine is of God. J

to write, 143 p.-Jarom delivers the plates son Nep.hi concerning the pl ates of : h avs realized the foreh .of the language
to his son Omni, J44 p. nncj communds brass, and all the records which had c ,j that subject, which you leforred me
him to write, 144 p.-Omni ccj.ffirs the been kept and all those things which hud to in the 3d, 4th an ^. ^ ,1°^ °. j ^
pla.o.oahi, m A,a.,o„, H5 p ,^»a. baaa >.p. .aced, and l.i. son Nophi didllJ, of Covcaoats. S.ao. (he. ■

has more forcibly imprinted on my mind,
the idea expressed in the 103 section 7
paragraph, namely, that in Joseph and in
. his seed shall all the kindred of the earth
be blest. Then the whole subject was un-
folded to me in the plainest manner by
the -Spirit, in reading the book -of Mor-
mon. It has been a common remark
among the Brighamites that Brigham
would give up his office to young Joseph
when he arrives to manhood. But now
that the lineal rights of the presidency
is laid down to them, they have go! to
framing an excuse for their apostate al-
legiance to Brigham by saying that Jo-
C se pit’s Son was not born under the cove*

** nan:, that Emma and Joseph were not
y married for eternity before young Joseph
-\ was born. Do they not know that every
revelation in the~~Book of Covenants is
a covenant, and- that the one contained
in ihc 103 Sec., concerning Joseph and
his seed is not only a covenant but an
unconditional covenant, the same a3 the
covenant made with Abraham concern-
ing hint and his seed.

and forbid him a home. From whom
were you asked this, from aspirants,
from monarehsj or from the most abu-
sive of all men on earth. * * * Or-

son Hyde, a poor little pusillanimous
know nothing, has endeavored to write
largely against me. Who is Orson
Hyde? He is a man whom Joseph sent
with John Gould to Independence to sue
a bo u f tfb r l rftSV ii'a l a {Fairs. They .stopped
with us a day or two when the mob
broke out. Orson Hyde immediately
repaired to a bpat at llio Independence
landing, three miles irorn Independence,
where we had concentrated to meet, the
mob. * * * He wrotq, « n influrnato
ry letter concerning a heavy fight hav-
ing taken place, in which he thought
there was two or three hundred killed,
when not a gun had been fired on either
side. * * * When did we next hear
from Orson Ilyde? It was when Tom
B.. Marsh had written a letter to the

poned years should secure you a living
from the hands of those of whom you
arc the Mother, and we thank God 'that
in coming to Texas wo have been made
able to give you a liberal support, either
in Nauvoo or in Tex-ss as shall seem you
good, and that W illia-.ir your last and on-
ly son lha ? is left upon the earth, and
who is the IMi iuch to the church of the
Most High God, shall share abundantly
in your blessings, wo knowing as we do
that he is worthy of all acceptation. As
to Brigham we have nothing to say fur-
ther than Paul said to Alexander the

copper smith

Lord reward him

according to his deeds/’ To Emma we
say that whilst our hands arc able to la-
bor she shall never lack lor support, al-
though we expect she is more able to
support herself than we are to support
be«*, yet we have ihc best of feelings >o-
wards her, and to young Joseph we sav,
it is your privilege to take your father a

Governor of Missouri, informing him place, and to this we xvili all give head

lo a loiter written from Al, non ^ charier for Br. Joseph lo get2o0,000 ns uerets on
and otWs. The answer wast'"* 0 to secure our rights And pnvilogos of U» cart...
, my taste and the most consoling “P<» the coniines of Mexico and m me him aso fne

Letter from Brother L. Wight. .

Zodiac Mills, August 21, 1848,
Mother Smith:

I received a copy of a letter last even
ing written by your son Willian and han-
ded to me from William P. Eldridge,1n
answer
Babbit
sweet lo my
that l have lvad for many years. * *

* * Mother Smith, l am well aware

of the tribulations you had in losing
your oldest sun, about the lime that broth-
er Joseph, in his infancy', was striving to
to bring forth sufvation for this the sev-
enth and last dispensation of God on
earth-. Then your companion of seventy
years of age, one of the greatest Patri-
archs that over lived on the face of the
earth. You have since in an hour been
deprived of your youngest son by a
mortal disease. Not more than* two
vears from that time you was deprived
I)f Joseph the prophet, soer, and rev Mu- j
tor of 'tills dispensation, and Hyrum who
was the Patriarch under h s lather’s
hands. In a fov\ weeks after that you
was deprived of Samuel cue of the most
noble sons among the children of men.
Alas! shall 1 say in the space of a few
years, is it possible that you was depriv-
ed ofrons the most noble of all the earth,
and left with one sun and three daugh-
ter* to mourn the loss of five of the most
anuctionulc soil * that were ever born of
a woman. And after all Mother Smith,
. u.u have hoc trucked to turn the last son
j y,i i he v o n : i e a r lb , w h o w as up poi n t c- d
losile by Jo-eph who is the Froph-
oTc/id re . elator of tiie hist dispen-
tuiimi « f Go.: on car’ll, from your door

that the Mormons were hacking, hewing
and destroying every thing before them,
burning houses and turning the inhabi-
tants out of doors, which was a lie. —
;Qrson Hyde signed his name to the let-
ter and then run as all cowards dt? run!
Whin did we next see Orson Hydert La
the city of Washington, wheff he ’Was
i>ant by Br. Joseph, to obtain, if possible,

r J /. r\ 1 r i . . n - n r\c\c\

Cordillera mountains in the slate of Tex
as. He wrote back to Br. Joseph that his
name was unpopular, and would fain
have put his little pusillanimous name
in his stead, ior which Br. Joseph sharp-
ly rebuked him in a letter, which I carried
‘to him with my own hands. Where is
Orson Hyde now? In the Eastern stales*
begging the coppers from dead negroes
eyes lo support his claim of infamous ras-
cality, while he prelends to be a saint of
the Most High God, and reproaching the
Smith family who have most gloriously
and triumphantly brought forth the sev-
enth and last dispensation of God on
earth for the salvation of the human
family

• universally, but if you think it beneath
your privilege some of your younger
brethren must come in oecordi ng to the
decree ofAhnighiy God. Mather Smith
fear not we shall communicate often.

To my son Guano e. — l glory in your
spirit to do the will of Gad on earth,
never cease lo do his will, neither ceti^o
to labor with the Smith family as long

the face

Tc-ll William i res;

;-nd ar.J a broths ■ iu.Cmit
Jesus our Lor d, that according to nis nd-
dress his mind is pc rib: by right. Tod
Mother Smith that l shall never fovgd
the day nor the hoar that we crossed the
lake together. Tell E a na that l shall
never lb ’got nor lorsake her, lor
was iny father, my life atiJ my frio.ii.

he did bat

know it hss cu/mg is as high a? lh;

County is
proprietor
the Groat

God until his father is res nr recto..! from
ihc dead.

Now my sou Orange, eight limes 1
I 'left ho. nr since i was ordained an

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Mother Smith wo would inform you J months at a Jim :
that m addition lo our little company of
15D^ouls who left Nauvoo, our numbers
have increased to 240, made up of num-
bers in the state of Texas, who are all

. anxious for your welfare as I u j n. my*
self. And we took a joint resolution to- j eiple of the- service yon co

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day of the whole body that you should
stand as John said Mary stoo l when he
was ' on the isle of Fatmos. She had
a crown of gold upon her head an !
twelve stars in that crown. And til it
you are the mother of the Angel of the
seven! ii and last dispensation ol loud
on earth. And we believe that your n*

lid

be to in;

lr >m six lo eigut
Let not your mhC
fall buries: h that of your fathers. Vv F
would be glad to see you, but ws wonm
*b: more glad to know that the (coble an *•
transitory tilings of this world ha J n et
drewn your mind from that glorious pr/>

human family. mj

1 remain your father ns ever, a ch:: *
lo Mother Sinith, a brother to Joseph an •
Emma, and all the rein lining pa rl oi 5 the
family, and with due respect 1 * rccetv
;he whole na.ivt universally.

Your o!J w.:l! trie I. true and trnA.
friend.

L 1 .d A \ » > I v.i t'l I •

MELCHI S ED.EK AN I) AARONIC HERALD.

' ' - """ " '' ' l -" " ' ' ■ ■ !

BY I. SHEEN. VOL. 1. NO. 4.

*‘7 HE DAUGHTER OF ZlON IS LEFT AS A COTTAGE IN A VINEYARD, AS A LODGE IN A GARDEN OF CUCUMBERS,

AS A BESEIGED CITY.”

COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, JUi\ E 1 849.'

THE PROPH ET’S D EPARTMENT.

The Prophet V/m. Suiiih’s reply to bro.
Lyman Wight.

Ellington, Tolland Co. Con . )

April 21. 1049. $

Dear brother Lyman Wight . — I re-
ceived your very interesting letter di-
rected to me in charge of the hearers,
dated Zodiac Mills, August 22, 1848, 1

was glad to hear from you and to learn
of your prosperity in the fat valleys of
Texas. This letter 1 did not receive un-
til it had been mailed three times, once
from Nuuvoo to Palestine, and then to
Walnut Grove, and from thence to Phil-
adelphia. I am also in receipt of your
letter to Mother Smith, and have taken
the liberty of placing them before the
^puulic, for the benefit of The Saints. I
should like to see you much, brother
Wight, to talk with you further upon
these mailers, to council -together con-
cerning the order of arrangements for
the furtherance of the cause, the rcdeifln-
tion of Zion, dec, <S:c. ■

You will see by the revelation of Dec.
5, 1345, that nine out of the twelve that
were formerly chosen by Joseph as trav-
elling apostles have fallen and are re-
moved by the revelation of God, out of
their place (office) for their usurpation,
wickedness and oppression, and it be-
comes now necessary, that this quorum
should be filled up, that a healthy and
faithful ministry may be kept up through-
out the world for the safelv. preset va-
lion and government of the church- To
litis end you will see by the revelation of
March 19, 1849. that I am instructed to
hasten this work ai»J to call other labor-
ers into the vineyard^ 1 have therefore,
since this revelation was given, ordained
ono apostle in the place of one that is
fallen and shall continue to do so until
the quorum is full. I most earnestly de-
sire and solicit your co-operation, with
that of all the saints in Texas and
throughout the world, that the glory of
God may be accomplished in this thing
and tho salvation of his church, that Zi-
on also may “be redeemed with judg-
ment, and her corners with righteous-
ness. And the destruction of the trans-
gressors and of the sinners shall be to-

gether, and they that forsake the Lord
shall be consumed. For they shall be a-
shamed of the oaks that ye have desired,
and yo shall be confounded for the gar-
dens that yo have chosen. For she shall
bo as the oak that fadeth, and as a garden
that hath no water. And the strong shall
be as tow and the maker of it as a spark,
and they shall both burn together, and
none shall quench them.” Isaiah 1 ch.
27-31 v. Tnc prophet is here speaking
of the apostates in the wilderness, and
of Zion in the 8th and 9th verse, he says,
“the daughter of Zuin is left as a cottage
in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of
cucumbers, as a besieged city. Except
the Lord had left a very small remnant,
(the Smith family) we should have been
as SoJom, and we should have been like
unto Gomorrah.” The 7th verse says,
"your country (Nuuvoo) is desolate, your
(temple is burned with fire: your land
strangers devour it in your presence, and
it is desolate, as overthrown by stran-
gers.” The 2-G verses show why these
evils come upon Zion as follows: “Hear,
O heavens, and give ear, 0 Earth: for
the Lord hath spoken, 1 have nourished
and brought up children, and they have
rebelled against me. T.io ox knoweth
lits owner, and the ass his masters crib:
but Israel doth not know, iny people doth
not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers,
children that are corrupters: they have
forsak n the Lord, they have provoked
the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they
are gone away backward. Why should
ye bo stricken any more? ye will revolt
more and more; the whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint. From the
sole of iheTool even unto the head jhore
is no soundness in it; but wounds and
bruises and putrifyiug sores: they have
not been closed, neither bound up, nei-
ther molified with ointment.” This then
brings us to the reason, why God lias
called us to the work (named in the last
revelation referred to above) of choos-
ing othei servants, coinciding with what
Isaiah foretold in the 2G h vorsc of tho
chapter under consideration; saying, “1
will restore thy judges as at the first and
thy counsellors as at the beginning: af-

terword thou shall be called, The city of
righteousness, the faithful city.” You
will sec also from Ezekiel 34th ch., that
the doom of the Spepherds of Israel is
fixed, and that according to the 13th
verse, many of Israel (the honest h?art)
that go to the mountains must gather
back again to the inhabited cities. 1 will
give you one more reference and then
drop this part of the subject. I will re-
mark, however, that the Shepherd Da-
vid, spoken of in the 23J and 24th ver-
ses of this chapter, is he to whom the
keys of the MelchosiJeck priesthood be-
long, and he whose right it is to stand at
the head of the church. The work that
must now follow is to gather Israel —
God’s people, (not thieves, adulterers,
Brigamites, liurs, swindlers, scoundrels,
hypocrites, Pagans no) but the people
of God, Mormons, Latter Day Saints
in one, to be one people upon the
mountains of Israel, the land of Joseph,
and with this people God will make a
covenant of peace forever. No guns,
swords, bowieknives, pistols nor cannon
in this priesthood is needed.

Paul to the Romans, 1 1th chap. 2G:h
and 27th verses, speaks of Israel thus:
"Blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fullness of the gentiles become
in.” 1 will translate this as it should
read: “Blindness has happened to a part
of Israel before (until) the fullness of
the gontiles be come m, and so all Is-
rael shall be saved as it it is written,
there shall come out of Zion, the de-
liverer, r.nd shall turn away ungodli-
ness from Jacob, for this is my covenant
unto them when 1 shall take away their
sins.” This covenant is to be confirmed
in the future. Zion is not yet redeem-
j od. and we are net at a loss to know who
the sons of Jacob are, and from whom
Joseph tho Beer sprang, according to the
book of Mormon, and who of that same
stock remain, to come out of the church,
raised up by the Prophet Joseph the De-
liverer, the man of sin (Brigham) being
hindered until Joseph was taken out of
tho way. 1 might still add one word
more in confirmation of this position,
and that is the aposlacy which Paul
speaks of, to take place in the last days.

1 Tim. 4lh chop, and 2 Tim. 3 J chap, own voluntary acu while he was in apas Mother Smith cumot so eas'ly he dcooy-
l_9v. * ‘ ' ' tacy, but when he relurneJ to the church, od off by boas ing braggards to a place

A newspaper entitled the Melchcsidec Joseph received hi.n with open arms, and that God never appointed for his pco-
and Auronic Herald, tT just now getting baptism into the church was the penance pie, and to leave all hor children behind,
un and if sustained brother Wioht, ft gale for a sin offering, and my calling or make a sacrifice of then to please tho

; 1 1 nc rrr\r\A rmrt nrnvp n rrrnnt clrpnorlh WQ3 10 pi’Cacll the trO.^pcl ailJ ODCO the ^rOTll oO’d Brigham.

will do us good and prove a great strength
to Zion. Will you help to sustain it, or
shall it be removed to your stake in
Texas.

was to preach Inc gospel anu open me groat god iingham.
kingdom of God to all nations. I have It is our most intense and anxious dc-
therefore chosen to follow my calling in- sire to all locate with you in Texas, and
stead of apostatising and going to “chop- io this end I write that you may matcu
ping wood,” as Orson Hyde did, having suc h arrangements as may best suit
a more noble work to accomplish, than your purpose for rendering us assist-
this champion of apostacy had, while he ance on the journey. You may send

A * T u 1? n. % - A t-. ^ ping wood ,” as O rson H y dc d id , h a v i.i g SU ch arrangements us may best suit

As to Jo n o » ^ £ * a more noble work to accomplish, than your purpose for rendering us assist-

able that he will ever be of an* use to (his champio „ O r apos ,acy had, while he Lc on the journey. You may send
the ehurc any more, s i- was planning in the bogs of Missouri, us a pilot end some two or three strong

s/rang-led with sm, t ind hts how ' he rnig^t S ,ay the Pr^ P ho.t. or if no. incn as council, and with what aid yoC

histor) or 1 ? . t . . 1 * *p in person to do the desperate deed, to have, and the Lord willing, we will meet

and in h a \ ‘ ° r ^ ^ r - n r t h « s n i t h k * n( ^ ,e l ’ ie niatch by his libels which did with you in Texas to await the day, and
the mos vi . p * * ‘ r at last burn i:i the fire locks of those who to prepare the \\nv, for the redemption of

family, he has lost all tne power -of s i ew lhe Prophel al Carthage jail. My Zion, to live mother in heavenly un-
his mission, an c ” ai ® ^ . * words were all kindness to them as the ion and love forever. I am as ever your

ha* been cut o.T from fh’e church. I had P roof wHI show ' You . ,na >[ ^ re . f' ° IJ a "‘> ;•«» lric l lVlBI,d ,U1 '‘ br,,,l,er 1,1
well nioh fallen a victim to the same >y perceive that the sp.r.t that manifest. the bonds of me everlasting covenant.

wen DIE. a ed itse | f) bein g so un i ike lhal 0 f Joseph’s WILLIAM SMITH,

snare of e evi » u ; ° U . ° \ without love or charity, my eyes were P. S. Bro. Orange was at my place in

A , . . ,, t . * „ . Cnr more fully opened to the hvpocricy of Palestine, III., some time m August or

hanng dm. e since ‘the death ofn.y brofh- men, and I account this' as a P rov the first of September last, in good spir-

£. o , 7; , . ,/x idential deliverance from the jaws of us. lie stayed al inv house and in the

err., and a \va « ® ^ ».?•,. death, and to’keep me in the channel neighbourhood some five or six days,

do with 111s imp . - n ' where I am now moving, that l might He brought us good news from a far

that others w 0 a gi 1 - fulfill the blessings that Joseph, and also country, and refreshe 1 our spirits much,

cnceto tlm man w.ll oon find them- my ^ placs ^ upQn rn / heaJ . My lIe a ,/ 0 ’ wen i see Mother Smith in

6ehes bit en in ‘ Jl , ' afflictions, trials, and troubles, that Nauvoo. In lhal place I first met with

been, yet may ’ ' .. ,w . , *. have passed through since the awful him while on his visit among us. Ho

confess it. v murder of my two brokers, are more left my place, Palestine, in company

done in Hits Lung, feel that God has language can paint to you in wilh a family, and expected to accent-

forgiven me, inasmuch, as 1 have return- , * } J r t1 . J . r m ^

>‘1! .u .,h ontl .n Hti.iP., nf .nv 002 shorl e P lslly 5 y el b ‘ ;ca ' ,so of lhe pan)- sc ve rul more on t liei i* way for Tex-

been. vet rnav not be as nonesi to , ^ r ,

uceii, ycw i t have passed through since the awful

confess it. But in the evil that I have . v c u

* 0IU . ; . . . ' i r i n i murder of my two brothers, are more

Hone in this tning, I feel that God has . . J .

ao . . ° , t , a than mv language can paint to you in

forgiven me, inasmuch, as 1 have leturn- , * J r t1

I0 » l , ni 7 . *, (>r „ vr one short epistle; yet because of the

pH to the chu .ch and to the duties ol mv . r. , i i

e3 lo , . n . . • | | . 'j promise, my sou takes courage and 1

own calling. But it was not until 1 had K J ,

own caning. umu.m, i > • . . .«

been bowed down in much sorrow and *

trouble and had called on^Jhe Lord in Though dark a
mighty prayer and faith foY delivers nee; waves,
but now I feel my strength renewed and If Jususperm
my prospects brightening for the great AlUrmcdfor
work before n«. I will say also that at }- n " 1 1 ha '' e ‘

the lime my very soul and body was pas- And entered tt

sing through this furnace of fire and tri- * re n0 more -
al, I might have been drawn into even a I have mai

pan) several more on their way for Tex-
as, wilh many wishes and good blessings
lor his safe arrival in the valley of his

Though dark are <he waters and rough are the home. Many more who were left be-
wavea hind would have been glud to have

If Jusus permit the wild surges I’ll brave, gone along, and did not .eel much like
AH armed for the conflict I’ll never give o'er, slaying behind.

Until I have carried the battle to the gate, God bless you Bro. Wight, for such

And entered the heavenly Canaan where mobs is the word of the Lord to me. Arncn.
are no more. W. S.

I have made these explanations and t.*- o r a tt n ii a t t~\

<*reater°evi'l" through the pledges and remarks, to silence the clamors of fools; iU * ^ .-'L *

promises of some ofmy pretended friends, as I am aware that all these things must

“tad it not have be<m for the timely in- come .up in their turn and many enqui- .ts - nr jjss IS,

terferer.ee of a kind providence, and the. ries will be made to know why this thing - ~

apostate Orsoo Hyde, who wrote me from was so, and why that thing was so, and Price, 2 cents, including a set ol

Council Bluffs, in a most scandalous and they that will be turned out of the way numbers 5 cen ts.

ridiculous manner, charging me with can make almost any thing answer for OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.

Price, 2 cents, including a set of back

ridiculous manner, charging me with can make almost any thing answer for OBJECTIONS ANSWERED,

crimes that I knew were as false as hell, an excuse or a stumbling block, and to our iulenlion , 0 answer every

Shi" ontnh 6 : could "Le^or wS fodomy frivolous objection that is P-entcdU.

dure°have the impudenae or audacity to their blood will not be found in my q heist’s 'kingdom. 0 Ve wifl^however,

r,Vs°h?t y u f ; u; bott;fco h n P S« Your letters dear brother Wight at this time Show the falsity of some of
and charily against me, and post me to breathe a kind spirit not only to one mem- ‘hem. „ u ■ no , ri „ ht t0 elpose ,he

the wilderness on foot and alone without ber of the family but to the whole fam- | . , . ‘ i 0a ,| er f 0 r tho church.”

money, or I .ijM l., do.vo my high ily. Yon may bo o^orod .horeforo .ho. ““ f ‘

arJ holy callinc and take to mailing rails you have friends among us, that we are this is an olj-c i n oi © ,,

or chopping wood for a sin offering as he your friends and will stand with you, il lj a,nsl “ n y j 'Vtlmt th’^obieclion stould
had done, sayin- that this was what he this love continues while life shall last. J^ds. In ordet that this objecuon should

had to do wheu'he first apostatised from Much exeriion has been made by the be logical, it is netessa P

lhe church, in order to ? get back into Brighamites with fl ittering letters to show tbat ^ loader, of Bng

it again, which was a lie of his own ma- Mother b.mtn to decoy her away to the h^'‘« e.t a.c m o P

king, for this chopping wood was his Salt Lakes, but they did not succeed. Horn lb. fault hi •

7j unio tl»e Saints," for il they have a-\ cl)
po3WtisoJ.il is necessary v tliat their apos-
tato acts should be exposed, that the
Saints may be delivered from their
snares, and that the world may know that in
their' pernicious principles are not the sc
principles of the church of Jesus Christ, ar
which was organisod by the Prophet Jo-
seph Smith, but after having embraced J ,
the truth they have “given heed to sc-
ducin* spirits and doctrines of devils. ! “
It is necessary for the salvation of Israel 11
that it should be made manifest that the .
church over which Brigham Young pre- j ‘
sides w not the Church of Jesus Christ P
over which Joseph presided. Shall we
remain silent and let the world remain “
deluded with the idea that the ungodly
deeds <>f these apostates is in accordance
with the doctrines, revelations, and mm* a
istry of the Prophet Joseph?

Oa the contrary, shall wo not invite
our fellow men to read the book of Mor- •
m ,n and the book of Covenants, that l '
they may know that the apostates who,
ore now called Mermans, are acting in . a
direet opposition to the holy and virtuous ; J
principles contained in those books! |
By so doing we shall aid in removing «
the stumbling blocks out of the way of '
bo’h saints mi l sinoers, that we may • j
point oot the way into the kingdom of,
God, over which (by the authruy of Jo- ,
sus Christ,) the Prophet Joseph and his,
lineage preside. In defence ol this po - 1
el t ion and plan of action we will ask ,
what examples have the apostles and ,
prophets of old left on record to gujde
its in this matter? They did notion*
tho iniquities of apostates and such as
turned aside from keeping the command-
meoU of God. They have left behind ,
them a candid and impartial record of
their sins that we might profit thereby —
that wc may shun the way of transgres-
sion, and cleave unto right ousness. The
past conduct of these apostates them-
selves before they apostatised, was in
conformity to that of the ancient apostles
and prophets, in relation to this matter?

Obj. 2. **The mojority of the church
appointed Brigham Young to stand at the
head of the church, and the majority has

• a right to rule.” ,

If this doctrine is correct, then the
Catholic church is tho church of Christ,]
for by the consent of the innjo» ity of those
who had belonged to the true church, al-
ter the death of Peter, they elected an-
other head in his stead. If that was a
legal course for the majority to pursue,
then the Catholic church is the church of
Christ, If the course pursued by the
majority at that time was not legal, then
the appointment of Brigham Aoung was
not legal. But the fact is that the
majority has no right to change the lin-
eal authority of the presidency ot the

church or 10 disannul any iaw or com- j,
mndment of God pertaining 10 his church. <
They have become apostates when they j
have thus rebelled against the legal au-
thority of the church, and have thereby <
sepe rated themselves from the church ■
and l«»ld of Christ,

Obj. 3. ‘i acknowledge that young
Joseph will have a right to preside over
tho church when he becomes of age, but
Brigham has a right to preside until then.*
How monstrous, and delusive is the idea
that because young Joseph is a minor,

; that therefore the lineal order of the
1 presidency of the church must be- set
aside! Such objectors ought to “repent’
and remember the uew covenant even
the book of Mormon and the former com-
mandments’* according as the Lord com-
manded the children of Zion in 1832.
See B. of Cov. 4 sec. 8p. The Book of
Mormon which contains a history of the
. tribe of Joseph for 1000 years, and a his-
tory of the presidency of the church
t handed down during that time delineated
: a strict observance of the hereditary
/rights pertaining to the presidency. —
j There is not a single instance there re-
corded where this hereditary authority
’ was set asiJe when a president died, with-
. ! out a son to take his place, he having a
f brother to fill the vacancy occasioned by
, • his death. What stupid blindness or wil-
5 J full wickedness lor any one to pretend to
. i believe in that book, and yet reject the
. i claims of brother Wm, Smith to the
j! presidency during the minority of young
3 ! Joseph.

tics find a burial plt.ee or grave, for thus
spcaketli the spirit of the God of Joseph,
and William, for thy lies. Amen.”

We can only say now, for tho want of
space, that Appleby is dead. IIo died
with the Cholera on his way to Counci l
Bluffs.

Mr . Appleby .

• Mr Appleby was an elder of the Brig-
hamile church. Last January he wrote a
letter to sister Wells, the wife of Br.
James Wells, of Bordentown, N. J., de-
nouncing her for having left the Brgham-
ites and united with the church ufJ. C. of
L. D. S. He also slandered Bro. Wrn.
Smith in the same letter. Bro. William
wrote a letter to Appleby iu defence of
himself and sister Wells, which contains
a remarkable prophecy concerning him.
that has already been fulfilled! The fol-
lowing is an extract from Br. William’s
lettter:

“Appleby, you state in your letter to
sister Wells, many things that I declare
to be palpable falsehoods. God shall
smite the thou whited wall, and thou shall
die with the plague, and thy bones shall
consume away in the tomb of tho flesh,
and if your life is prolonged, it will only
be to augment thy paines and increase
thy misery, and the Lord shall only have
mercy upon thy family for their sake,
and not fl>r your sake. Because of thy
lyings and thy abominations, the seeds ol
death are already sown iu thy mortal
body, and scarcely shall thy body a nci bo-

A Prophecy of Joseph.

At one time the Prophet Joseph while
preaching up.)ii tho stand to tho church
in Nauvoo, turned to the Twelve who eat
behind him on tho stand and said, “ma-
ny of you,” (not a few) “brethren after
my decease will’ go away and deny tho
faith, and for the penalty of your apo*-
tacy your bones shall lie bleaching upon
the wilderness of the western prairies,
and many other words he spoke concern-
ing the apostacy of the church and
grievous wolves that would enter in to
destroy the flock. We recollect also of
reading Joseph’s views ou tho subject of
going to the wilderness, iu reply to tho
Quincy Whig on a suggestion that the
Prophet Joseph had belter locate his Zi-
on in Oregon. The Times and Seasons,
contains this reply, and Joseph there
says that, “nothing but tho heart of a
beast could have conceived of such a
, mode of extermination and wholesale
’ murder.” The Prophet must have had
a clear view of the appalling disasters
that now characterize the Brighamites
• in their deluded Salt Lake expedition.

I These fact9 with the almost countless oc-
currences of each day, prove beyond

. contradiction that Joseph Smith was a
f Prophet.

A correspondent of tho Cincinnati Corn-
f mercial, writes from Jefferson City aa
a follow^:

« a Miss Hand, from Connecticut, one
>s of the Mormons bound for Salt Laku,
lost her father, mother and two older
,o brothers, leaving her here among stran-
e <mrs, with one little brother to take care

II of. The Mormon Priest had taken pos-
it session of the dying man’s cash, $300,
11 and refused delivery; but a little timely
h, reference to his Honor Judge Lynch,
|y caused the dastard to vield the orphan’s
so all. She is resolute and has won her way
,-e into the heaits of the citizens who arc ta-
e. king cave of her.

iy “ U sickens me to speak of the extor-
ol tion and sacrifice of. property that these
nl poor ship-wrecked mortals have under-

gone; and only 23 out of 150 aie left to

ic!l I be tale, and perhaps among these
23, death has already sel his mark.

We are informed lhal Miss Hand was
in the company that Appleby was leader
of, who resisted Utmost so, einn warn-
ings and faithful entreaties of brother
William, and disregarded and despised
his testimory, therefore the wrath of God
has cot many of them down. O, ye a-
postages how long will you continue to
despise the counsel of the Lord s annull-
ed ' The hand of the Destroyer is lift-
ed up against you, and his sword is un-
sheathed against you because of your
'wickedness. “Why will ye die.

The above is only one of the man)
calamities that have befel the Bigham-
ites, whilst ascending the Missouri this
season.

formed iitiy c.f these promises. The 1-
ulso said, lhal they were going where
white men never went before, and where
none would follow after, and to build up
the kingdom of God without a Gentile
low or Government, but what now do we
hear Dr. Burnhisel is on his way with a
petition to the U- St.tes for a Territorial
Government. Bro. Heath said he should
stand with the Smith family.

The following resolutions were then

^Resolved 1st- That we the elders and
members orsaid branch do sustain youni
Joseph Smith, the eldest son or the 1 ro
phot Joseph Smith, in his just claims lo,
[he office of Prophet and President o ,
. % nf Latter i

Wesley Crippin be ordained to be uuo
of the" l‘J apostles.

Bro. Win. Smith and bro. Isaac Sheen,
them ordained him to that office.

Bro. Heath, on motion, was appointed
President of the Covington and Cincin-
nati branch, .

On motion, the meeting adjourned to
meet again next evening- After prayer
by 1. Sheen, tho meeting adjourned.

Special Conference.

A special conference or the Branch of
he church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
3ain’s of Covington and Cincinnati, as-
sembled in Covington, Ky-,J une 18,
in obedience to the call of the Prophet
William Smith.' 4 **" , , . .

On motion, it was resolved, that broth-
er William Smith take the chair.

Resolved, that' bro. Isaac Sheen, be np

opened

‘"irSlfS'lS ,,„^p»prhu,

remarks concerning the^presenf condi-
tion of the church. Hd ftaledh.sin.cn.

lions of filling up ll > e quorums of the

Bro!* Weslcv Crippen, then spokein
favor of the claims of bro. \V m- Smith,
lo be President of the church.

Bro. Sheen, then showed from the B.
of Mormon, that the Pres.dency is he-
reditary in its nature. •

Bro.- Fleming, spoke in favor or the

claims of bro. Wm. Smith-

Bro- Sami Heath, rose and said that
in the conference after Josephs di.uiti
the 12 stated that J- had qualified them
n take charge of the church until
youn. Joseph came of age, and that con-

rarv°to his understanding since the vole

of tills conference was taken.

Voun" had been appointed President o
the church, and olson Hyde President
ofPne Quorum of 12- He said this change
in their organization had evidently

showed their design to set young Joseph

aside, and deprive him of h« rights at
• he head of the church according to lm-
He stated at lhal conference mat
Brohnin said that if Mother Smith would
with them to the wilderness, that they
would promise to bring her bones b.uh,
■ and tint Mother Smith shot, d have a
ho iso built, and that she should be taken
ca^e o f , and that they had never per-

ihe church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saint 9 , whenever he shall come lor-

ward and claim that office.

| Resolved 2d. That at the present tune
it Is the ri"ht of bro. Win. Smith, the
last remaining brother of the
Joseph Smith, to stand rti the of-
fice of Prophet and President over this
church, as a right guaranteed to him by
lineage, and by appointment and ordina-
tion of his brother Joseph ,

Resolved 3J. That we do upho.d broth-

Co v»*s 0 Toi'?i Ky-i June 19, 1049.
Conference met according to adjourn-
ment.

The meeting was opened by prajer
from Dio. Heath.

The minutes of the last meeting was

The nv.nuie* ui «

then read, and after being amended were

accented. , . A

The following resolution avqS then ad'

° Pl Resolved, That this branch of the
church, in Covington, be organised into
a stake of Zion, and that the Saints be
counselled to move into this slake from
from the country around, and tnat w*,
the church or J- C. of L. D. S-, will car-
ry out Joseph's measures in planting
stakes and preaching the gospel to the

Bro. William Smith spoke m favor ol

this resolution, and showed lhal Joseph s
...foronpA in oranmsmsr

fellowship and prayers, ana - - ’ ' asurC s i.i reference to organising

feljowslvp i brother George i stal;(;s were now going to be carried out,

office ns Bishop. , , n t«n of or«?anisin!i stakes in

office ns Bishop.

Resolved 4th. That we have no con
nexion directly or indirectly with that
party who call themselves Mormons or
Latter Day Saints who are settling in
the valley of the Salt Lakes, v 10 )

siaw^s weto . .

and that the plan of organising sta
this land was superior to going 10 ft «•
serl land, that J oseph said that the In-
states should be formed into high pnests
districts, that a deviation from this order

uu.«. . w ho districts, that a ucviauuu no,

the valley of the Sal t L^es, ^ infraction or Joseph’s measures.--

Ol uie iu*>

and title to the name of saints-

Resolved 5th. That wo will suslotn

and uphold brother lsrac Sheen, as a
counsellor in the ^sl Presidency, acco^

Joseph’s measures, that Joseph is the
rule, and ihu leading s'nr, Jesus, lives
here as well as in the Rocky mountains,

this is the land of Joseph the land of 4'-
. r i is the ntace

auu - , " . n.ae'i^nrv accor- this U the and ol josepn uiv

counsellor in the first Piesidencj accor ih.s >> »'> , , Mo is lho place

ding to the appointment made b) on, and ^i. k o ^ q |(e hnd a ighl

President. sustain l0 preach the gospel m all the earl i m

Resolved G h. i nat we I ,. M n„ irn '* nr anos-ates.

itesoiveo on. *

and uphold bro. Aaron Hook, in h»* * P
pointment as counsellor to tbe Pie.tdv.n

C ' V Resolved 7th. That we will sustain and
uphold brother Nathaniel T- James, a
an apostle of Jesus Christ in place of one

of those who have nposiaused.

Resolved 0:h- That we wjl ? Us ' a ‘"
and uphold bro. Samuel T. Capin. as
an apostle of Jesus Christ in place of one
of those who have apostatiseo-

R,. solved 9th. That the members ol
j this church, are requested to ^ “ ^

si I >le means in their power lo ".V 10( j lP
Mekhiscdek and Aaromc lie. aid, and
extend its circulation far and neu .

Resolved 10th. That brother Isaac
Sheen, be appointed to the ofli.
Church Recorder to the chureH* ,

On mo-ion, it was resolved that b.o-

to nreacn

spite of Nero’s, Bogg’s, or apos-ates.

It was then resolved, lhal Ur. rorb,
be appointed a councilor to Br b. lea h.
Rr. Forbes was then ordained an b>

i l * ... /-» • . i l I ...n Qiionrt.

nr. ioioi-i — ,

Pres’ts. Win. Smith and Isaac Sneen.

Resolved. That the minutes of tins
conference be published in the M. A-

Herald. r

Resolved, That this conference ad-

iourn 5t n die* tv

J prover was then offered by Pres. W ,n.
Smith! and then the conference adjourn-

ed. —

f ,-y* W c have letters from Bishop Mil-
IcrJJros. Lane and James, which we in-

lend to publish soon .

rr* 7 -The Brighami’.e inquisition in Cm.
is in a live operation, trying to put own
ihc spirit of inquir) .

ME L CHI S EDEIC AN D AARONIC HERALD.

BY I. SHEEN

VOL. X. NO. 5.

•Cry aloud, spare not; lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show* my people their transgression, and

THE HOUSE OF JACOB THEIR SINS.” ]$n, 53 ell., I V.

'Cov'&raTOJVi

FiUJyTUC&'S*, AUGUST, 1840 .

THE ELIJAH.

The prophet Elijah ;:t !a.«i hes appeared,

Vr ith gills ami with bit things which saints
have received,

Ilia plan of redemption in fulness is given,

With power to lave boili she dead and
the living.

The mjvtcry ofGod begins now to unfold,

As declared by the prophets and apostles
Of old; .

While rapt in iho vislbn of e’oiy they
eee.

The prison doors open and the captives go
Irce.

With the keys of this ministry Elias was
cent

On a mission of mercy that all might re-
pent,

Endowed with tho sanio spirit the prophet
has como,

baptising for the fathers that all may be
-one. — -

Glad tidings of great joy p. great revela-
tion

Is preached to the kindred of e vernation

For the sick, the poor, tiij aged akiudespis-"

. cd >

This plan of salvation our Saviour devis-
ed.

The gifts of the gospel, in order and plain,

Will now be restored to his church again;

For eucn is tho power, the keys are re-
vealing,.

That tho doom cf this world, Elijah is
sealing. W.S.

A Keveation, given to William Smith
and Isaac Sheen, in Covington, Ken-
tucky, July 5, 1849:

Behold verily [ say unto yon, my ser-
vant William Smiih and my servant I*
poac Sheen, continue your fuiihfulucss
aiuTyour faith, for 1 have promised good
concerning Israel in the last days, and
your rewurd is with you, therefore let
not the devices of the enemy — the Bri«'-
hamites — ’.urn you uside from the. work
of your calling, for l have many people
in this city, and the region round about,
that shall yet be gathered into my fold,
and they who are of lean’s dominion
(the Brighamites and Gentiles) shall
hi ve no place in my church, and their

power shall be broken, and I wilHci fail
the sword in your behalf, and they who
have sought for blood (tho Brighamites j
without a cause, shall have blood to
drink, and in sorrow shall they lie down
to sleep, and when tho morrow comeih
their sorrow shall not end, nor when the
morning comet h shall they have life, for
I’will reward them double for all their
sins, and they who have n/Hicte.i you.
w iil i afil.ct, and tlicy who have op n reus-
ed you, 1 wiil oppress, and thus* will 1
avenge mo of mine adversaries. Alrea-
dy have 1 sent forth the destroyer among
them and no lo-'s wiil 1 punish thc wick-
ed who have named my name (of the
true church) and abide net in my pre-
cop’s. Behold I say this, once more and
give ut.to them this promise, if ve wiil
return fiom the evil of your doings and
from the shedding of u!oo I. I will’ yet b?
merciful unto your stu 5 , \ea, rven unto
thjs whole nation. But if you wiil not har-
ken to my words, and to tho voice of mv
^servants, you who have sold yourselves
for nought, shall not be red corned, only by
judgment, and it shall bo morn tolerable
for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of
judgment than for yon, U blacks! idinn
daughter of Israel. * &

Let my servant William and my ser-
vant Isaac cun tin no to publish my word
as circumstances will permit, and de-
clare these things abroad, and choose ye
out, from among you wise men, to search
out a. place of refuge and safety for rny
people.. Make haste to prepare for my
work shall not tarry and Zion shall bo
redeemed. And now I say a word unto
all my Saints that have tarried and have
not gone into the wilderness. Behold
nine of your leaders have I cut olF, nnJ
they who have gone to the wilderness
are no more before my face; and unto
you have I appointed William Smith to
be your Bros, and Prophet to preside over
you till I coma, and to hold the keys of
mysteries and revelations for my church
till I shall command otherwise, unto all
generations. Therefore hearken to his
council, 1 and cleanse your hearts, and
sanctify yourselves by prayer and fast
ing. and your bodies with pure water,
and if ye will do as I have commanded,

and serve rnc with a pure and upright
?■ heart, 1 will turn away mine anger from
you, and the destroyer shall pass by and
harm you not. See to it that ye obev
my gospel and cease your unbelief and
mu r run rings and falsehood* against mine
anointed lest a worse tiling come upon
you, lor I am God, and.hesidcs. ne there
is no Saviour, and I will recompense good
unto the ju-'t; and to the unjust, and them
ihu.t do wickedly will I recompense evil,
and judgment upon tho head of the trans-
gressor. Some have already fallen and
there yet remaineth wrath treasured up
against the day o l wrath, and the diso-
bedient shai! know that l am God, for al-
though they seek to hide themselves in
the secret chambers, or in t he wilder-
ness., and their works are in the dark, and
tlicy say who sooth us, and who knov.eth
us, vut will I search them out, and their
• u i "j u it .os shall no rovcailod upon thy
house tops, but unto the righcous will I
have mercy in the day of' trouble, and
their seed will 1 preserve unto many gen-
orations, even for ever, and my covenant
ska!! nut bo broken, though the wicked
be cut olF out of the land.

Covington, Ky., June 14, 7 849.

A proclamation to the Saints, calling the
. members to their places:

The revelation on Elijah and the rfutv
and calling of Sulah Lane, Aaron Hook,
and others, to plant stakes, ordain Elders
organise churchc.?,and to gather the scat-
tered remnants of Israel to redeem and
establish Zion, &c., &c. f was given Hart-
ford, Connecticut, March the 19th, 1849.

The object of the mission and coming
of Elijah is to restore all things, and to
turn the hearts of the fathers to the chil-
dren, &c., &c., as set forth in Malachi.
This cannot be without organising the
kingdom of God with “prophets and a-
p:stles, evangelists, pastors end teach-
ers,” Eph. 4'cli.

\l is therefore the will and command
nf God, that all the members should take
their places immediately or thev will be
rejected and cast ulT forever. This call
is also to every sect, minister, and do-
nomination under heaven. Faith, re-

pentance, baptism for the . remission of
tins and the laying on the hands by le-
gal authority for the reception of the
Holy Ghost is the irate and the doer by
which to enter into the kingdom. —
Wro. Smith is the Elijah of this dispen-
sation .holding the keys. Elijah docs not
come in person, but in spirit, to do the
work of Elijah and also that of Elias,
^ Which is the work of T John or a mes-
senger, to prepare the way before the
corning of Christ. The gospel as taught
by Jesus Christ and his apostles as defin-
ed in the New Testament, Book of Mor-
mon, and Book of Doctrines and Cove-
nants is the standard, and all old cove-
nants are done away. The present works
and offerings of the religious worlc
God does not accept and all that would be
saved, let them now take. heed to their
ways, for this is the last call— the elev-
enth hour. There is one faith, one bap-
tism, one God, who is the Father of us
all, and the name of Christ is the true
title of a Saint, and the peculiar char-
acteristic and name of the church of
God, and such are the ordinances that
we should obey, that ye, as saith the a-
postle,*be no more strangers and foreign-
ers, but fellow citizens with the Saints
and of the household of God, and are
built upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself, being
the chief corner stone in whom all the
building, filly framed together, groweih
unto a holy temple in the Lord, in whom !

also ’ ’■ 1 '

lien

church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saiuts is the only church that Qoutends.
for this order of ministry, anjl. such , or-
der us this is being now esiajijjshed under
the direction and presidency of the min-
ister of God, William Smith the Elijah
and by the commandment and revelation
of Jesus Christ. W. S.

ges, Pittsburgh, Pa. Win. Small, Cam-
den, N. J • A 'nos Babcock, Jacob Bump,
Kirtlond, Ohio. W. J. Salisbuary, Ar-
thur M il liken, Joseph Younger, Alva
Smith, John Hook, Thom-

as Tourtillotl, Stephen lloagabcnc, HI.
Elders Brink and Russel, Walnut Grove.
111. Isaac Padeu, Galesburgh, III. Nich-
olas Groesbeck, Springfield, Hi. Levi
Wheeler, Sylvester Smith, Wm. Hugh-
ey, Wisconsin. Lyman Wight, George
Miller, Texas. Alpheus Culler, Iowa.
Ann Bent, Leicester, Eng, Nathaniel
T, James, travelling agent. Wm. Ger-
man, Wm. M. Fleming, Cincinnati. —
John Wesley Cnppen, Samuel Heath,
Covington, Ky.

The above named persons are request-
ed to act as agents for the M. & A. Her-
ald.

THE COVENANT WITH DEATH.

“And ilcamc to pass, that I did go forth
among the Nephites, and did repent of
the oath which i had made, that 1 would
no more assist them; and they gave me
command of their armies; for they look-
ed on mo as though I could deliver them
from their afflictions.”

These are the words of the prophet
Mormon, recorded in the 2d ch. 4 par. of
his book. They present an example
highly worthy of imitation by all those
who have been eye witnesses to the blas-
phemous, adulterous, treasonable, and in-

ye builded together for' a habi'ta- ! If , i ^ U ^ pe ;i|i rmal)CeS ° l ‘ B 1 , ' i S ll " 1 ‘*
of God through The Spirit.” The j “ “l' 1 “ “ l,ea fl uoa ‘ n P the le,n ', ,le °. f God
rh nf f'Krict J- r.n, to , ru., I at ^ aiU00 * Mauy of you who witness-

ed those performances are well assured of
the awful wickedness that was enacted on
that occasion, and that under pretence of
receiving an endowment of gospel pow-
er and blessings, you were betrayed by
ungodly men, who had turned the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ into lascivious

that is the New Jerusalem which is call-
ed Zion, sec Isa, 23 ch., 14-22 v.

The prophet then describes the wick-
ed covenant which Brigham &Co., huvu
instituted. I Jo says, ‘because ye have said
Wc have made a covenant with death,
and with hell we aro at agreement; when
the overflowing scourgo shall pass
through, it shall not come unto us: for
we have made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have wc hid ourselves.** Here
is a true description of Brighamism. —
They have been continually strolling a-
long here from the west, ana telling the
people that they must go to the Sait
Lakes, for the ‘overflowing scourge* (the
cholera) would soon go through this
country, and there would be a hiding
place, Their overthrow is here describ-

ed in such thrilling lan:

;uage that if

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Philadelphia. Joseph Hadlock, New
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Bares, Mausficld, Conn. Joseph Ball,
Boston. Leviek Sturgcs and John Fur-

ness, and were made tho unwilling wit-
nesses and co-operators in performances
the most debasing to mankind. Instead
of the gift of the Holy Ghost, you were
made partakers of the strong delusion of
Satan, to decoy your hearts away from
tho pure principles of the gospel which
was established by revelation from God,
under the administration of the Prophet
Joseph.

If Mormon was justified in violating!

his oath, how much more justifiable would
you be who have sworn allegiance to the
usurper Brigham in his ungodly warfare
against the legal authority of the king-
lom of God, and against the government
of these United .Slates, and the law of
God which says “Thou shall not commit
[ .adultery, and thou shalt not steal.**

T. he prophet Isaiah described the pro-
sent aposlacy ol l heso scornful invn that !
rule this people which is in Jerusalem, I

their henrls were not as hard as the flin-
ty rock, wo might well think that the
mere recital of this prophecy would be
suflicient to reclaim them. The next
verse shows that the work of these apos-
tales would bo in opposition to the work
of God in Zion. The 13th verse says,
“And your covenant with death shall bo
disannulled, and your agreement with
hell shall not stand. When the over-
flowing scourge shall pass through, ye
shall be trodden down by it.** Vast num-
bers of Brighamites have already fallen
victims to this overfluwing scourge.

As the Lord has decreed that
this covenant shall bo disannulled, we
therefore call upon you to disannul! it
by publishing to the world a full expo-
sure of the abominations connected with
this covenant, that honest hearted people
may no longer be deceived by these sons
of perdition. Itisn gross delusion for
you to suppose that'you are under obliga-
tions to serve the devil because you have
sworn allegiance to his cause. Jf you
had sworn that you would not obey tho
gospel, could you have been saved with-
out obeying the gospel. No man enu
keep this covenant and at. the same lirno
continue in a statu of obedience to tho
gospel. Many of you have already bro-
ken your oath to Brigham, although you
may not have revealed any thing per-
taining to the oath. You are aware that
your promise to keep tho requisitions of
this oath from publicity is only part of
.the oath. Jf you have already repented

j *

j and broken your oath, that you might ob-
tain salvation, will you not also enlight-
en thousands, who are yet entangled by
the false charms ol this Brighurnile cov-
enant, that they may be emancipated and
enjoy the liberty of the gospel and re-
new their covenant, to obey God and keep
Ins commandments. Yo cannot servo
God and Baal.

We earnestly entreat you to forwa
lo us individually, a full exposure of ih „

v

iniquity for publication, as the first step.
Secondly, .we propose that you hold a con-
vcnUon and inaicc a disq^Hurc of these
abominations ami a declaration of inde-
pendence from Brigliainito tyranny and
wickedness. Clear your skirts cf the
the blood of all men, that you may be
presented spotless before the throne of
God. This you are most assuredly bound
to do or clso carry out the unrighteous
measures proposed in i he covenant, to the
destruction of this government and the
further sacrifice of human life.

In consequence of the very mysterious
manuer that many persons have disap-
peared who became obnoxious to Bri"-
nam Young and his confederatcs.it is gen-
erally believed, by those who have had
an opportunity of forming an opinion on
th? subject, that they have fallen victims
to the secret combination winch uphold
Brighamism; which combination was or-
ganised by an oath bound covenant, pre-
vious to the oath which was administer-
ed in the temple. The jyork performed
in tile temple completed this work of or-
ganisation. The republican institutions
ot this nation arc in jeopardy whilst
this secret combination exists m the laud,
whose members ate sworn that they
“will from this time henceforth an.l for-
ever, begin and curry out hostilities a-
gainst this nation, and to keep the same
intent a profound secret, now and forev-
er.”

We might mention the names of ma-
ny individuals who have fallen victims
to this conspiracy, but we will merely
refer to a low at this time. We will
name the circumstance of the awful mur-
der of Arvinu Modge, within 10 yaydsol
the door ot Brigham Young’s hp.use.—
The mysterious disappearance of his
brother Amos, and Mr Wilcox, Wm, M.
Daniels, Alpheus [laws and his father,
mothor, and sister, Mr Dunham, and C.
Daniels. Some of the above named per-
sbTH'are known to be dead, and tho cir-
cumstances connected with the disappear-
. ancc of the others arc* of a very suspi-
cious character.

ADVICE TO THE SAINTS.

We would say to the Saints that the
work of the Lord is progressing even
far beyond our most sanguine expecta-
tions. A very flourishing branch of the
church has been raised up in this place
since our prophet Win. Smith has been
amongst us. Numbers have been bap-
tised and more are expecting' to Le, and
others are investigating the matter. Wo
will assure our brethren scattered abroad
that they have nothing to fear while the
strong man stands at the head and the
Great God of the prophets to steady the
ark and to roll on the kingdom. Breth-

ren and sist 2 r>*, s;nd us your names for
tho Herald, and money to cnablo us to
push tho wurU foward at this time. Now
is the time for all of us to arouse our-
selves to action , and not satisfy ourselves
with standing aside while others bear
the burden of publishing the gospel, and
pointing out the plan that God has devis-
ed for tho redemption of Zion. Think
not that you can stand still and receive
the fruits of other men’s labors, for most
assuedly every man will be rewarded ac-
cording to his works. Those who say
“we will wait a while” and thus stand
aloof from the work ofGod, will bo very
likely to bo found among that class who
are compared to foolish virgins, for the
miJuight cry is already going forth, and
theory is this: “Behold the bridegroom
comoth, go ye out to meet him.” Jt is
therefore highly necessary for your sal-
vation, that you should arise and trim
your lamps, that when the bridegroom
corneth you may be ready. ‘Stand still
and see the salvation of God.” This is
the language of some people who want
to vindicate their dormant position, and
in refering to this scripture to justify
themselves, they make use of the word
of God to support the cause of Satan,
for “he that gathered not with us scatter-
tereth abroad.” Because Moses said
unto the Israelites (when God was going
to divide tho waters of the Red Sea to
let Israel go over dry shod) “stand still
and see the salvation of God,” will that
justify you in standing still at this time.
As well might Noah have stood still and
not built an ark for his salvation.

If^you continue to stand still yuu will
not seu the salvation of God, but “ever-
lasting destruction from the presence of
the Lord.” Come forward to the work
while tho day lasts for “the night corneth
wherein no man can work.”

Can you stand still while ycu see the
thrones cast down as wise Daniel fore-
told, and while you behold the “signs in
the heavens above and on the earth be-
neath, distress of nations, men’s hearts
failing them for fear and for looking for
those things that are coming upon the
earth,” as Jesus said it should be when
the time should arrive that his coming
should be nigh even at the door. We
entreat you to extend the circulation of
the Herald among your friends and
throughout the earth, for it is the only
go.spel newspaper m the land.

THE WORK. ABROAD.

Since our last issue we have received
cheering intelligence from Elders and
Saints abroad. We learn from letters
received from Nathaniel T. James, one of
the 12 apostles who has been laboring in
various places in Connecticut with suc-

cess. lie has sown the good seed at least
that will, wo trust, bring forth an abun-
dant harvest. Tho first Presidency
highly approves of the spirit manifested
by him, and of his diligent exertions in
the causo of our Redeemer. We havo
received a letter from Elder 0. Olney,
and also a pamphlet which was published
by him (in St. Louis in 1845) concerning
the apostacy from the fa : th. We intend
to publish hi3 letter and some remarks
of our own in connexion with it in our
next.

We have received reliable intelligence
that Selah Lano and Samuel T. Capin
have forsaken their high and holy call-
ing and gone back to the spirit of tho
world. They did run well for a season
who did hinder. God will not be mock-
ed, nor accept of such an ignoble sacri-
fice. They that forsake such a high and
holy calling and will trifle with the most
sacred institution which God has revealed
on earth, namely, the holy priesthood,
while standing upon the very brink of
eternity, are not fit to be apostles and
high priests of God nor worthy of a name
among the Saints ofGod. There is yet u
chance for these brethren if they will re-
pent and return to their calling again,
otherwise the candlestick will be remov-
ed.

PATRIARCHAL AND PRESIDENTIAL

“Why has not Hy ram’s sou a right to
the oifice of Patriarch.”

In the first place it h necessary that
we should understand the circumstances
in which the church is placed, ily rum’s
son is a minor and is therefore incompe-
tent at the present time to fill that oiiioc*.
consequently it is Pres. Win, Smith’s
right to he the Patriarch over the church
at the present time, according to the law
of lineage, for the work of God cannot
be suspended or laid aside, to wait for
Hy rum’s son or young Joseph to grow
up, and come forward and ciaim their
stations in the church which belong to
them by the law of lineage, Josenh ~*i
President and prophet and UyrainL jju
as Patriarch. They might not live long
enough or they might not be disposed to
stand in those oflices when the tim9 of
their minority had ceased, and thus the
work of God might be suspended from
time to time until every department of
the priesthood and of the kingdom of
God would be banished from the earth.

This kingdom, Daniel foretold, would
not be left to another people, consequent-
ly it cannot be taken out of, or avvav
from the Smith family, who we wouid
ask has the right or is competent to act
in the Patriarchal or Prophetical o dice 3
over the church in that family, ut the
present lime, but bro. Wm. Smith, in as-

or.yixr

much as he is the last surviving brother
v( Joseph and Ilyrum, and was orduined
u prophet, seer, revelalor, and transla-
tor by his brother Joseph, and a patri-
arch by his father?

A Special Conference of high priests
and elders, held in Covington. July 9;h,
or/pointed a committee consisting of 5
eiders to go to Texas and search a place
of refuge and safety for the church, in
accordance with the revelation of July
5 tij, and they are instructed to confer
with brothers Lyman Wight and George
^filler and the ssintar-gcucraHy in that
re 2 ion.

INFORMATION WANTED.
Counsellor Aaron Hook wrote to Pres.
Win. Smith from Boston, on the 30th of
March, slating that he was going to start
for Bangor, Maine, that day. lie was
strong in the faith, and was going to
\ Uii home relatives. Wo have received
no information from him since that t i me.
We would be glad if he or some of his
" friends would Inform us where he is.

been their determination to impoverish
the Smith family, and to chastise them,
as they say, until they will consent to u-
nilo with them. Tins avowal has been
made to us by one of their leaders. —
Saints of the last days,, will you not as-
sist mother Smith by pecuniary aid, with-
out delay. The blessing of the God of Jo-
seph, 11 y ram and William will rest upon
you tor so doing. Let the consideration
of the blessings which you have icceiv-
cd through her labors arouse you to per-
form an act of gratitude towards her
now. Mother Lucy Smith resides at
Nauvoo, Hancock Co., lit. Letters and
remittances directed to her, post
will be thankful l v received

MM

Pres .

paid,

W.M. SM1T LJ , )
i. Sheen, \

Wm. I. Appleby, if the truth is told
by the Frontier Guardian, is still alive.
We published the report cf his death as
we obtained it from the Brighaniites
themselves. If it was a mistake or
a lie, they were tin authors of it. —
.„\3 to the propliucyjsf Pres. Wm. Smith
concerning Mr Appleby, stirply God has
plenty of lime to fulfil! all.Ws judgmemts,
and the messenger of death is still on the
alert, and should Mr Appleby’s life be
prolong d, “it will only be to augment
his pains and increase his miseries,” as
it is slated in the prophecy.

A conference of the church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints will be held
in Covington, l\y., on the Gth, and 7th of
October next. The Elders and Saints
abroad are respectfully invited to attend.
The first presidency of the church will
he there. The members of the quorum
of the twelve arc requested .to attend.

Mother Smith, mother of the martyr-
ed prophets, Joseph and Hiram Smith,
ha.* been sick, nigh uuto death, and al-
though she has recovered, it is notcxpcc-
tod that she will liire long. This infor-
mation we have obtained by a letter
which the prophet William has just re-
ceived from his brothre-in-law, W.J.
Salisbury.

The Brighamitc leaders have not only
broken ihcir promise to assist Mother
Smith, but have unjustly deprived herol
properly which belonged to her. It has

On the 9lh day of December, 1331,
Pros. Win, Smith received a patriarchal
blessing from his father, who was Patri-
arch ovenhc wheio c'nu j * !j , this blessing
reads us follows:

Will ism. my son, I lay rny ban U up-
on thy head in the name of Jesus Christ,
and confirm upon thee a father’s bless-
ing, foi thee, and thy children af;m* time,
and even thy children’s children down to
the end of lime; for then art the fruit of
myluins, end 1 am a descendant of Jo-
seph, therefore I pronounce the b! esss ngs
of my fathers upon ihce.aud thou shall be
numbered in ti.e coven tut. seed. (I) Thou
hast seen a Pile lion, my son, an J the hand
of the Lord has been upon thee, that
thou mighst be chastened even in thy
youth, that thou mayst learn to to obe-
dient to his commandment*, and faithful
to his precepis. Thou has g really de-
sired to see thy father’s family redeem-
ed from trouble and from the power and
dominion of those who oppressed them.
Verily, this was a good desire, but thou
hast not altogether desired this thing in
meekness, because thou hast not always
known the Lord. (2) Now, my son, thou
hast received the ministry and been call-
ed to preach the gospel. The Lord has
chosen thee for a great work, and if thou
art faithful ho will send thee to distant
lands, and in heathen lands thou shalt lift
up thy voice and call men to repentance.
The hand of the angel of God shall lift
thee up, and though thou pass through
the deep, and io ibe midst of deep wa-
ters, the right hand of thy Redeemer
will Le extended and he will bear thee
ofF victorious; and thou shall be preserv-
ed. Therefore settle it in thy mind, and
remember when thou art faraway, up-
on the barrcq wastes of the desert, I hat
in thy youth the Lord gave thee this
promise: — If thou art faithful, that lliou
shall return to the society of thy fricnJs
and to the embraces of th v familv. The

Lord thy God will make thee like a very
fruitful garden, whoso plants grow by.
the side ul pure waters. In duo lime
lliou shall accomplish thy mission, and
thy faithfulness shall bespoken of by ihc
wise and the prudent. Thou shalt bo
blessed with many children, and they
shall rise up to avenge the people of the
Lord ori their enctnicsphou shall be made
equal with thy brethren, and thy seed
with their seed. ^3) Thou shalt have an
inheritance in Zion and thy children af-
ter thee; when (-1) the Lord gathers up
the scattered remnants of his people, and
calls his cdcct from the four winds, then,
my son, tiiy joy shall he full, for lliou
shall stand in the presence of thy redeem-
er and i eceive his approbation; therefore
give heed to the words of thy father, for
though the mountains be removed and
the hills melt, the word of tile Lord will
endure and hi? promise fulfil led; (5) and
tho.i shalt he mighty in the earth, for
ihuu shall h3 filled wills the iron -arcs of
w i > d or, i , u si d c r#|a ml the hidden things of
the kingdom of thy God; yen, thy life
shall bo precious in his sight, thy memo-
ry shall bo swee ’, and thou shall be sav-

ed in the everlasting kingdom of tha
Lamb. Even so. Amen.

JOSEPH SMITH, Sen.

1 The Briglnmitcs have said that bro.
William has no rights ol priesthood by
ifucago, but father Smith* though dead,
yet spoaketh i*> contradiction to this lie
of these usurpers.

2. In the days of hi 3 youth bro. Wil-
liam feeling tlie oppresvion under which
his lathers family had to pass through,
desired anxiously to see them delivered
from this oppression, but owing to lira

nee of youthflio would some-
times apply physical force in liL and
their defence.

3. lie cannot he equal \yiih his breth-
ren Joseph and II y rain without becoming
a prophet, seer, revelalor and translator.

*1 The time when his salvation is to be
realised is hero definitely described. —
The Bnghamilos have represented tint
bro. William would have logo through
purgatory, and pass through another
probation before be could be saved, but
here we find that father Smith, by the
Spirit of prophecy show 3 that it will bo
“when the Lord gathers up the scattered
remnants, & c.

5. It appears that this promise respect-
ing his salvation, is unconditional and
.irrevocable.

5. Wc find here another evidence of
the fulsity of the Brigbam’te story about
purgatory, for it is on the earth that he is
to be mighty-

t «K«*VSaU9V

'.VHfV.'.'flPWMT

U

is wo 8uio kn.j oovzisraTOH, Jey.^sbfs?., [ y 0L J- NO i^

, t ' giug imposter, has boon slandering my

* * { chai actor, ami also Uro. *<liorn\s, in the

Ton Cents per copy, on delivery, or 1 H;i...:terii Slated. This imposter has been
Ono Dollar in «ul\ alien foi numbta-'. | begging money andGontilo schoolbooks,
'-'~™z?yrrr:?z J \ &<?T under the pretcnco of assisting the
rkOPU^T’S L'SPi-il^SISWT. > poor in the valley of the Suit Lakes in

r-r-r--- -r«rr — r-.-r-r — .. j educating thoU* children. If til 0 tl'lllll WUS

LETTER F.UUM I’REtf. WM. SMITH, generally known respecting the false. pro-

To H, • SahtU scaHcrcd abroad, rrccliu:;: Renees of those apostates to obtain money,

. Uhey would not liud it a very proliluelo on- *

or get into tlm celestial kingdom, and
those who call themselves Saints, and
will not help us, wo shall regard as hypo-
crites. The lirs t presidency in this place
have dedicated all they have to our Re-
deemers cause . May wo not therefore
boldly a^k you to co-operate with us in this
noble work, yea, the noblest and greatest
of all the works of Clod on earth.

(To bn continued.)

We have received a long communion, jlljcy would uol bad
•a , a from Uro. Lyman Wight, which wo news f, 0iu j; ro . N. T. James

: .r:vo m tats immb.ir of ho llcialil. of[ho ,.. s u „ )uu r , 0 a C hod in. . ,

"•°' ,v ai'pon.leil by leuJa.ioii .0 l>.. a t.K.i , ^ ; . , j u , t an( l expects to it is the duty of die 1‘2 to act under the

V, J : jvisit us lle.ro soon. A letter frotn Cream direction </ '

ijlO. \...ut lll^vl i A*. ' ' . v . I'M,. . no iiiiu-o pnne.t' fnin« r intf to the in?

elation to ordain

jut among us.’ Pro. Aaron Hook
fire. Alva Smith who hav

pS^Krtbem j lvidgu briujjs *w favorable news conceniing
1 - m j the saints in that region, rrom buiden-

IT., wo have encouraging news,

[Conclusion n C liro. W. Smith’s Letter.]
Furthermore, it is positively stated that
- r of the 12 to act under the
the first Presidency, accord-
ing to the institutions of Heaven ; and con-
sequently it was this usurpation of power
and righto, that did not belong to them,
and tho position taken by John Tailor,
Willard Richards and Parley P.^ Pratt,
against the true doctine of tho Church,
that resulted in our soporation from them.

, 4 , nouuK-rs .I n q '« 0 f tho 12 apostles, numelv.,k\s would most naturally ho expected, they

me .{uormn ol me ‘"SVrl -Tnd fiU° m ! J. v >'• Clipper, end 11. Nisongor will alsop.ave reported to every species of vile slan-
.•.r.aiiJod to huMtu uo »uk and Jill ■ ' ; , JU „ !orc j ; , 0 . Ifenry Nisonger was or- dor and iniquity, to sustain tiicmselvcs in

!•! ri iidhn ' II<ro'«“‘‘ lRlncd hy inc on the 10th of Septemberj die work that they have undertaken ;
n °°.r ‘ s , a ' "V V, v ’ 1 i r* o ° i to be an apostle. namely, to destroy the Smith ftmnly and

•.ntebocl, mu l alMcuO 1’®*”“’ . “° I® { Vfc would sav to all that are called hold the usurpation of power over tho
vl' w sV^a ici lie i.HsJsaiiits, that the Lord knowoth them that Church. It is we -l known that they or-
,.\P '/* l* • t i vhnv -villi d ; '-n ; tv l avc and we shcrll know all them that | ganised. ^eir Church w.th 1- .mads in-

h.le-l in i on, m tho uutu .via u^mtv ■ , aicuA nn ,i t h at send us steatLof 3, aad that uo-.v. after orasmising,

111 a bcom,.m ; , „;.v the prinu ^-.UU;„-. - . loud .ouvo r.-....oV.- 1 bur times,

’v«: jr was pub!: 1 . « w 1

mv

ccnod a b’Ucr uom -nomr i | t i 0 i nj j Q ye elders, aiul make long and j

that he was p^uclung m n .nu K • )rodamation for lho dayof the Lord’

•.ho country around, m tho o.a.e o J.atuc, Yi^ ^ ju the llighti in whic h

and mat he was .stron..: i . .m-U.m. • L, wickotl s h a !l bo slain, and the avari-
Pro. Alva .Junta wni also itwUxC a go ou i

Wo :

mother slating 1 , ^ Lh,ie . . t0 sloe P

. . . /Lm 1 1 in 11 i-Q a i n n /

be

up and

j and after getting into tho wilderness, and
managing to set tho Smith family aside,
they* have at last organised a Church with
a President and Patriarch deeply imbued
in the spirit of apostacy. Who with one

apostl

i1k> j j0r d «hall -clous shall perish,’ and their gold with j particle uf J^ou.onty left' tiiem, and with
UU a> i . l ; W J wiai/vwv. Ithem, and they who think more o

peri

.. .. , I yr'dil j wiu 1.10 euuu *2- . J- — ■ *

. , . i# .. ithem, and they who think more of their the spirit of God in their hearts, could,

uirect m tnese m.n.ei s. s . - j goW t ; jan 0 p t j ie W ord. of God must perish | for a rnoi

moment, follow such apostates,
ciianging and shifting about as they liavo
done ! My prayer is, that God will de-
liver tho honest, in heart out of the Hands
of such men. 13. Young, Hyde, Strang,
Bonnot, Taylor, mobs, murderers, nriests,
and people, arc mostly agreed to ucstroy
the Church and its Priesthood. Nothing
more could bo said of me than was said
by fools, bigots, knaves, and scoundrels,

iug ‘«o!d moil for counsel and youug yourmoney to help

ot g'VJiig you have faith manifest it by your works,

are oong'd o loavo out -ov c.al > v have labored and toiled day and night

whic.i we have lomly recc* cd, J ^ . d and t!ius f ur sustained out-

cT or S.t io,. h«l~; I. J. publication of« n.*bc„ of

ters, but wo hope lho brethren will boar j tlw f.eioiu. .

with us in this respect. The same day j Strang published a falsehood in his , J^h tho' Prophct. Hyde and

that wo received Lho. Wight’s letter we paper by saymg that “Isaac i Sheen, \\ ni. Z “, ( S l a i ly show,

■"also received one from Uishop Hiller ask- Smith, and wo boiieyo 2 or 3 others have » ; JJ «' «‘J“ ^ '; scs 1 !, A J wit ,

to, <m»* of >l'o Ml» 'vhlch ™ “o “•

counsel we will give soon. M e have also . ontiioly mLd. Lut ^o sa> ^ ^ J w ind that blows, or tho chaff tlmtpasseth

away; yet, thank God, the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, still
lives, and I am its firm advocate, under
God, and not under apostates, nor earthly
Princes, Kings, Potentates, or Lords. —
More uno n. Yours, &c.

WM. SMITH.

counsel WO WIU HlYU hUUU, »i I, U.if w j j * - , .

one from Pro. li. llcrinshaw, Nnuvoo, \ ars and hypocrites as Strung, O. Hyde

, . i i i.i. niltmv tlini triiili will nrp.vniL nntl that

which states that the health of Mother
Smith is improved. We have received
one from Uro. W. J. Salisbury, which
contains matters of great interest to the
saints. We have received one from El-
der Omar Olney from which wc learn
that one McKenzie, a Brighamite beg-

and others, that truth will prevail, and that
our motto is truth, Bible truth, gospel
truth, and we look for all the Israel of God
to come to Zion, which God will estab-
lish upon his glorious holy mountain, and
bring your silver and your gold with you.
A penurious and covetous &aint can nev-

Hu. Jii JLv A. iu .LP * Sparry on their work of licentiousness and

COVINGTON.

SEPTKMBKll, 18-19.

THE Wu.itK OF
still prospering

TJIE LOUD
in our midst. Our

j usurpation
: Will Messrs. Miies, Shackle! on, l.»ut-

\ toms, Merry wo ih or, i\I nml olh-

j ers lake warning and from henceforth
| speak the truth and not slamh . nnocent
! people, or do they intend to ret .*or it ne-
cessary that we should obtain legal re-

Js .

numbers in this Slake of Zion continue j dress for our grievances. One thing is
to increase

almost daily. Many have ? certain, that we have forborne until

niucn

been reclaimed from apostacy whilst new » longer forbearance will ccasc to be a
members arc coming forth to strengthen •* luo.
our ranks. The Lord continues to raise,- Y>r»>viM,n*V

new friends lo help us roll foidi his work,! T ... BEOIHER A\ 1011 1
whilst contention, strife, ambition and nv - ? Jssl . 11 c ”S a 8 e(1 111 performance of that
urice Is breaking up the Brighamites con-';'?', wh ! ch was en j° iaod upun !;»» h Y
spiracy. Hhe Frophct Joseph; for this cause the

Pres. Wm. Smith has been laboring a- ! Bnghamitc vcnonicd arrows tire c.irectod'
ir.ong us about three months, and his la- { }°' vaids him. JJis letter, which we have
Ivors have been greatly blessed, whilst his i J ust recoivetl > will be read with a lively hi-
Iifo and conversation among us lias been J * cres ^ by every true saint,
in ^strict accordance wilh-his profession * •
as the prophet of ;he Most High. We J

have had. lit© pleasure also of perusing- Brother Wiulut Smith : 1 receive.!
letlers irom the saints in the Eastern ' yonr i eller

Zodiac. July CCih, 1010.

yesterday bearing dale, June
" v “““ WIW . 1 II . 1 , mi I'™* 23, 134V, and take this timely opportunity

coun i \ the smuts coincide with us in; to inform you, that there has been no iu-

•, ... , .. . , \ ****v*t»* ytm, uiai iwut: iius ucuji in* i ti-

bearing testimony to the excellency of liis ■ terception of letters between you and
characier, notwithstanding tlic malignant; me , l0 my knowledge. But an overwhelm-
an eis of apostates, .who endeavor to. ing press of business, renders it almost im-

conuem nation is near and

.... punish- • sante love and friendship continue,

mem is sure, except they speedily r§pent, ' , 0 the continuation of that love and friend-
and cease to make lies their refuge. . j ship, they have no end. No, Br. Wiil-
Bro. William is going lo leave us for a ; i am , many an hour have I meditated upon
few weeks, aval is going to visit his faini-1 tlic situation and circumstances of the

ly, and bring them here.-

^'Smith family; even before the worlds were, * r -
j and before the foundations of this world ‘ a * va -\s of

their posterity, nor yet the more beautiful
: j»art of God's creation, the mother oftliese
seven brothers, and her fair daughters. —

• No, Hr. Williiim, but while they wore
; called lo the most sublime station on earth,

. I rejoice that J have been counted worthy,
through thorn, of that high and honorable*
‘calling, to proclaim the gospel of our Lord
■and Saviour Jesus Christ, throughout the
'earth. Hr. Joseph declared, if I would

fill my calling with dignity, that 1 should
beget .honor to myself. 1 consider my av-
.oca! ion of life to be one of the most mag-
'liiiiconU and if i prove faithful unto the
'end, feel that 1 might be honored with that
(glory which 1 most desire; that is, lo sit
; du\vn in the kingdom of Clod with the
. •Smith family, to go no more out for ever.
,No, no, Brother William, I never was
.called to sit in judgment upon your
‘h'-ad : but as the survivor of the .seven no
!ble Patriarchs, it is my duly and privilege,
to seel; for the whisperings of the spirit of
eternal truth at your hand; and as a
Patriarch, lo seek for your blessings upon
my head, that 1 may faithfully and care-
fully perform my missi*- - *, given to n:e by
your ever and ever to he remembered
..brothers, Joseph and Hyram. Novo;
shall i forget the dying words of 4 hssc
men, which were these : “ Br. Lyman, do
'you go to Texas, in Cordilleras moun-
tains, on the confines of Mexico. There
do you remain till you can gather around,
'you li\e !.u ndr^d 1 1 ; -*i * -and souls .And
liken. Hr. Lyman, you Vnow your eallinn ;
. you know you * name, and what you huu
to do.” I replied, I do, and bid thorn

• fart-well, and h ive never seen them sine*.

; in the flesh, but have hrd many consoling
..seasons with them inspirit. Br. William*,
; iny numbers at present are small, andtiic

THE BRIGHAMITE COMBINATION! were laid, when God called them around
IN CINCINNATI, j liis throne, sealed high in tho Heavens,

5 Is now an embodiment of 4he most abjin-l and put them under the oath and cove-

phels Joseph and William Smith, Mother! male of the Smith family, covenanted un-
Smith, and the Smith family generally, are j der the oath and covenant of the priest-
insufferable. ’ They display far more ma-j hood, that not one part nor particle of the
lice and hatred to the Smith family gen- j work of God should fall lo the ground un-
©rally than the mobocrats did in Joseph’s! noticed, till tho seventh dispensation of
life-time. We have two letters in our j God in tho salvation of souls was corn-
possession written. by Brighamites, which j pleted. They have, then, each in their
slander Joseph in tho most outrageous j turn, come forth upon the stage of action,
-.manner. One is written by Dr. Merry-Jlo take that sublime station which belong-

Brighamites stimulate each other in their) ity lo perform all the God enjoined upon
abominations and wickedness by their! them. And I am tm.nkful to God that I
lies and slanders against Joseph, whilst was not called & chosen to sit in judgment
before the public they generally deny that) upon the last of thoso seven brothers, nor

iexas are large, and in
j beauty surpasses all understanding.

\ You well know that Aaron’s rod bud-
i (led and blossomed, \Giich presented a
igood omen to the children of Israel; and
^when I see a budding and blossoming in
•the wilderness, upon the borders of Te.\-
;as, it reminds me of the beautiful saying
| of the Prophet, as recorded in the Book

• of Doctrine and Covenants, 6 6th section
|and /3th paragraph: “But before that
t great day of the Lord shall come, Jacob

• shall flourish in the wilderness; and the
iLamanitcs shall blossom as the rose : Zi-
;on shall llourish upon the hills, and rejoice
Jupon the mountains, and shall be assem-
•bled together unto the placo which I have
\ appointed, M <S:c. Mcthinks I hear tho
^ sweet whisperings from Joseph in mine
| ear, saying, Lyman, your livo hundred
| thousand arc closo at hand.

We look for quite a number of emi-
grants this season, who have been so op-

«•>«>>• caimm stand it unvlonlcr!’" ThL-i wo^vill" bTtltcw'witli”'/ 11 ^ milu , 3 ’ Rml l llons inl ° iwfwipnti.m, but tho most so-
will probably bo ono of tho best icasonsl ItZm , o ^mav •° n ° vero ananas of h; ttl who sloops for a

for emigration that has been known sineo from one to live him, h-M d Mi°’ utld mth «tonous resurrection ? lie (Joseph) said
Texas has icon settling, as crops of all- think you will stand fnoVnf “ v“ ^ nl U W0Uld ’ at lcast - C0!jt four ‘ niUio »
kinds transcend tho anticipations of our j see by the ‘Vnne'al •.ml ^ 011 ' vld | ^ ol ' a,s f*> transport the Church across the

oldest farmers. i how wo mountains. It will then cost four millions

You have written’ to me concernin'* the! nromi*e all 'S“ T!, ni ' C ? bl ° 10 10 t, ' ans l ,ort the '« back. This would be
Smith family moving to Texas. As 1 am ■ of a forfeiture nn n „,° U . die least danger! eight million dollars. I ask when will
obliged to stay in this place to fill my mis- j nlcntv of con. m n » ,art ',. ' U 3 la llave j t,lis s . n . lal1 valley, with its hot and cold la-

ston, there is nothing would add more to ' as lar-c as ours one ' 0 ! n ™ l . unt J f va boilin S u l> from tho bowels of hell, or

my happinnss than to have thorn como it is follv fi 4r y t‘ l » a, toady raised.: some more fatal abodo of those demon

In coming to Texas it is one of tho nlost S in nosslfssion of w® 0W " mc \r H 8 P irit3 ‘ ba ‘ been hurried beneath the
congenial places for old ar e and iniirmi-} chirerv n.rl ti. ’• 1 1 king our nulls, ma- surface for their damnable practices among

ty there is on the face of the Mobe We! ah-eulv f. ! ° ««*»cuso quantity of land the Nephites in early dayi, and.now min-
huvo buried but two grown persons out of’ more bvuU mi’ I H° consldeial,on » llurt y g leJ with tho more innocent blood of those
our whole company during'the four years * ! I ‘ ? haVG ^Ployment to a who have fallen victims to tho damnable

we have lived in Texas. 1 have traveled’ Willi anw.r • i* r l ° . ,ca * on » ^ r - 1 inq ui sition ot the Bighamitcs. whoso King

in the most part of tho States of the Union* ion to have t™, ° lll “ S |° fi™ 1 T d £ cl3 ‘ ^(Tb'Si'ii ina n t! c rl a of tho pure lineage of
and have never aeon any thin** to »„m. ■.„{.!,« •Z , ” 0 ‘° ! lus P. Iace “ fr £ m Gadianton, v. !io made his abode, for nun-

mountains the distance of one thousand j noTret* he^rd (hnt ^ ^ exic ? Y ho ht ™ e J this damnable sink of iniquity. When,
miles and then come to seven hundred hipart^rl * l 1 *t° an ^ no ^ e I say, will this, the most damnable of all

miles of the most insignificant of alfnjnr- i open arniT to^r^oh’o W 10 u av ° I P^ aces be worth eight million dollars, and. /
igable waters upon the footstool of God * sanrl/w' ° rt '? cuo ,a °usands on thou- redound to the happiness of tho Saints, and
No; wo have only one hundred and ei°h' robb > l°^f < il >r , enl S rant3 ,' v '° ha '’° been administer to the biuldingof the temple of
ty miles over the most plea" wt of i l 3^ I mS J ,1 r°'v 5 ,£ nd .&° al,nost no <fr d in Jackson Count/?
that ever wore traveled, when wo come to - * on • of •,«.!' ri' ’ ?° m 1 ' 10 ,? 3 on I ? id *j You say that the Frontier Guardian has
the per: or ports where the lirSt vS!e£? hero L , 1?' /!. ° VaUcys - , !t is an articlc ijl > that 1 am °ut off. I .would

come, that sail upon the ocean, laden: tho land of Ziin by pm-chasT 10 «*deem j ojk.^rom -W hat ^ from tho Drighamites ?

. . 4 .

w:t;i ewry kind of eatable vegetables that!

As 1 feel myself and company

‘vsivv.H non, Hum w 1 1 tt l i nom uio Dngn&uiuies i
pfhis cad 6 never bo; for I here swear i:i
alreadyjthe presence of Almighty God, Joseph

Lean in New York ^d Bosto»» harborajl ; potat^» and *aU whir f ^in*^ CO i!n ilroDor i 1016 ^ | sr ®*P® ct ^v of * n y character Ihkn
can say it is equivalent to either of themj tion. ° P P . j ^ would wish any man to do, even by in-.

and we are abundantly able to say that! At this feast there will bo from nnn m iu° f 111 '® ! hat , ' belonged to them. I
Alother Smith shall never lack for any- ! two hundred of the genuine natives of tho aat th °{ , publis ^ c( f rnd

1 ■«» desires while she remains upon ' forest. Now os concernin'* tho Press Ini n i hlCf ' and . lr : urdere |‘- t0 have

the footstool of God. TT.o expenses of my advice is that Br Sheen ^ 1,10 1 ‘ess, accomplished my end tn gaining some
any man to move to Salt Lake Valley < press tyoe and oaoor Vfe.l eve^r P h !§ h > a ‘. •? which I had unlawtffly as-

b02, “" n3

i.ui r.li this, Dr. William, would do us: tablishment of zton of forever and for tin iHar^h^f Ih^Ar 1°* 7° left a Pa ’ *
r.o good ud wc not give strict heed to cv- ‘ building a temple to tho Most’ Hmh God* 1l ? f th ° • ° St U ‘ S ^ G ° d ’ and y ou “3
crv wcru that proceeded from the mouth' even in Jackson CountyMissouri ° I Josd P hlo P re3ldo °r crthoChurch -
O; ur. Joseph, winch is the word of God. ; ask, dear 15r. William wJiat could m. Many wero the times that Br. Joseph
Fuou d you with all the Smith family and! and I have done towards building J teim idmas^S T v ® re t « t ” tch . ed “P on a « o1 *
frauds conclude to inovo this fall, my ad-Splo in Jackson County had m L I , m ss of t hew P d t , lmbor ’ m tho so,l ^ry'
vice to you would be to commit yourselves, j Salt Lake Valley, ‘the land of heath ?' * dun 2 eon > bound an ^ c to ankle, and arm
teams and wagons and all that you have Joseph in his reminder m ? T ‘ , rm ’ ln a strol) S firm chain, that it was

to the broad waves of the Mississippi, with wanting them to go^herc helped utTon 3 t0 ‘ e t n ° f H ? a V en lha \ as w .° were bou “3 •

an almighty prayer to God that you might hum denunciations of all the most iE a st ^°"g. cha ‘ n > so . sh .°“ Id wo never be

“* - ^ ,here ' *« w{3m^*4

th'il uiii'ln John r.nu undo Asuliei,r uu mown w > , w.-.. p -- V m r„,..«nv

r Li .»■' "1" »!."» ?• ^ A“ S '“ 1 1 ’—

William GJat^un,
Lydia Ann Gnu* pen,

t he r most lionio urumur, sum myuv'i — - - . * . . . ,

HYMN.

Tcse. — 3f*i« ro*c that all arc praising
Tlic God that others worship
Is not the God for me,

re %* rSrfTOra Josq»h tiil he takes his place. j lie has no parts or body

most mloleiaiil ° r n “ j’\ n f K " f " ; 0 |, , notion 0 f Aaron Hook, Lyman And cannot hear nor see.

Leaven; am • l* l O ' ■' . o ' , ; i wi „] U W as sustained as President of the i Hut I’ve a God that lives above,

* .» w « *. ^ i a « ?; i .. .

1 1,-a'hso no principles of I’.righamism, and; of occupying a place in the first 1 ics.- > A God ol ic\elation,

| return froin that hellish dynasty, having; dcncy if ho should desire it. • O, that s.the God foi n> •

S Sln^lin W ddimaneei odw Counsellor in°the PmsiV * A church without a prophet

food, and s.ng the -o.i a ot Qr moUon of j cro miah Cross, John j i s nol the church for me,

Now Br. William, lei our earnest Hook was appointed President of the It has no head to lead it,

nraver to God 1 o P at vc may ret on thp! Stake at Palestine, Lee co., 111. In it I would not be

naw w vi-ht track where Joseph would ! On motion of Aaron Hook, it was re- B ut I’ve a church not built by men,
have us and then "o ahead. 1 would hoi solved that the Conference would sustain Cut from the mountain without han..*,

S?Sid“ ^ S you, SL^rse wilh^and uphold all the Smith family in their y church wHh gifts and blessings,

you upon a thousand things upon which; lawful position in the Church, and do all j 0> that s the church for me.

It is necessary, and very important that; in its power to repel the insult and abuse ;

wo should converse’; hut you very well! heaped upon them by apostates, and to , A church without apostles

know that I am somewhat advanced in j carry out Joseph’s measures in planting Is not the church for me

veers’ and a multiplied business prevent > slakes, preaching the gospel and building \ it’s hke a ship dismasted
maClX £ V uSdto; 1 have a; up Zion in these United States and upon A float upon the sea.

.iPnUland. of itu» ■ 1 • Bui I’ve uvlmrcl. Hint’s «1

A church .without apostles
Is not the church for me,

mo rroui uuvruug ,r 7 - - - - . .

•^Civculdv alriTKrtV'Cuarrplcit.a. cpjtia lavgar : llm wloivls of iho^on ■ .

my Appeal indAddt;?ss.’^l have un motion of Joseph Aoimgci, Con-
one onhe’hest newspapers printed inference was adjourned to meet again at,

Galveston, enlisted to circulate some of oty J outnext annual meeting.

views, both spiritual and temporal. J.wnt° j.- 1 alesline, Lee co , 111., Oct 6,
letters to ditfere.it parts of the )»! al - \ ¥ ■ . WILLIAM SMI IH, lies,

most daily. 1 shrill want to hear from you! , ..Aaron Ho ok, O .ork.

immediately on the receipt of this. . 1 ro? j • . . '• ' * T ..

sent me in truth to all enquiring fnends.L ; .. .» A GLRTIF1GA1H. j

I to m a in a sincere and honorable friend.. 1 • 7X'ho following certificate is annexed to j
to the last one of the greatest family ^fj an address of the Prophet William Smith, ;
God on earth, • L. WIG II T. j which will bo published in a few days :

. W. Sm ith, Covington, Ky. . , • . : « Covington, Ky;, Sept. 18,1840.

AN EXTRACT' of CONFERENCE ' We do hereby certify that as far as our
■ * . . MINUTES j knowledge. extends, the statements winch

Held bv the Church of Jesus Christ of : the prophet William Smith has ptado in
Latter Dav Saints, William Smith in the! the above Address are truo. W e also >ot»-
’ Cliair m.d Aaaox Hook Clerk— On mo- _ tify’.that wheroas ho has beer. s °J 0U ™>»S
' tion of’ John Hook, J. .1. Strang was cut for spme months past among us, wo hate
?off from the Church and delivered over to had an opportunity to form au opinion for.
!fl aWetin-s of Satan, &c., for adultery ourselves concerning tho false represen-
~ andfor usurpation, and for other unname- ' Cations of. his character, which his cne-
$ able oThncds ’ ‘ . mica the Brighamites and tho btrangites |

w Ou motion of Aaron Hook, Brigham and other false witnesses are the authors
i Young, Willard Richards, 11. C. Kim- of. We believe that these apostate slan-
| ball 1» P Pratt, Orson Hyde, Orson derers are actuated by the same spn it as
i Pratt, Wilford WoodrulV, Goo. A. Smith, those who bore false, witness against . I e-
I ftposllcs, were cut off from the Church pus Christ, I ho conduct o iL *
j and delivered ovor to tho hullctings.ot Smith, whilst .sojourning with us has beenin ,
' Satan for the destruction of the flesh and strict conformity to the principles of .Mr-
sealed up against all Gospel privileges, ^uc, morality, and the gospe o cs

Bui i*vc nvhuruh tlmt’a alwftj'S leu,
With the twelve stars around her hea.l,
A church with a good foundation,

0, that’s the church for me.

The hope that gentiles cherish
* Is not the hope for me,

It has no faith nor knowledge,

Far from it would 1 he.

But I’ve a hope that will not fail,

That roaches far within the veil,

• A hope that's like an anchor,

O, that’s the hope for me.

The heaven of sectarians

Is not the heaven for mo, * ,

So doubtful its location, *v „

Neither on land nor sea.

But l* vo a heaven on the earth,

The land and home that gave me birth,
A heaven of light and knowledge,

O, that’s the heaven for me.

A church without a gathering
Is not tho church for me, .

The Saviour would not own it,
Wherever it may be.

But I’ve a church that’s called out
From false traditions, fear and doubts,
A gathering dispensation,

0, that’s the church for me.

'by ISAAC SHEEN ] COVINGTON, ET.,1

AA1©MC

. TEAMS.: v-

^ Ten Cents per copy, oil delivery, or
One Dollar in advance

lor 12 numbers.

PROPHET’S DEPARTMENT.

THE UNITED ORDEIv..— rCONGLU-
SiONOEPRES. SMITH’S- LETTER.

We intend as soon as ; m^^ible under
existing circumstances ^restablish the
UNITED OlDlEitofjdfc Stake of Zion
according to the* staple whioh is given to
the Saint's in tl^Tjouk of Gov., page 380.
Many coimti^fuct systems have been set
dp i h th o^Cvo r 1 d u t > d cr pretence of cstab-
Ushifiga . union of property. Among
ffgse in av be classed the Order of Enoch,
called.) which J. J. Strang has set
up. The, Lord made known his will « to
tire Prop in t Joseph that his church should
not be called after the name afmen.

The Hook of Mormon 403 page says
“ if a church her called in Moses’ name,
then it be Moses’, church ; or if it be cal-
led in -the napie of a man, then it. be the
church of a man, but if it be called in my
name, then it is my Church, if it so be that
the^ are built upon my gospel.”- As in
regard to llie church of Jesus Christ so in
regard to the United Order ; Cod has
never auUiori'/ed Mr. Strang nor any oili-
er ni an to call this Order the Order- of
Enoch nor -by the name of any other man.
This order .is loo sacred to be called after
the name of any man. It is a Celestial
Order governed by a Celestial law, and
the Lord has commanded us that whem
this OnlcV is organized it shall* be Called
the United Order of the Stake ol Zion,
and when it is organized in Zion it shall
be called tin?* U Sited Order of the city of
Zion.^ See 13. of Cov.,300«p.

’Those commandments were, given to
Enoch in his. day, faiul are now given
again to the Saints as a sample for them
to imitate. S.co .13. if Cov. 70, 8^7, 94, 97,
99 Sec. . ' - ■’ v " ’

It is our intention that the establishment
of the U nited Order of a Stake of Zion
in the State of Ohio shall be for the bene

The .members of ‘this church who do-
not choose- to enter into this Ordr, can
still retain their membership, but whoever
enters into this -Order are bound by the
la>v oLGod to continue in. it. ' I remain
your brother in the new and everlasting
covenant. - WILLIAM SMI 1 11.

' Covington, ICy., feept. 30,1849..

: A PATRIARCHAL BLESSING,
Given hy Williom Smith, Patriarch of
• the Church of ’ Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, upon' the Jie(icl of Isaac
Sheen , son of William and Jane
Sheen , horn Dec. 22d, 1810., in. Lit -

may be handed down unt$ : ttyvchU3r^i!f r
children after thee forever, that thy name:
and priesthood, and„ also the .name : and -
priesthood of thy fathers, may be kept in-
everlasting- remembrdhee ; for thuo saJth :
the Spirit of the living Ood, Thy reward,
and crown is sure, therefore let thy laith. ..
fail not, for a kingdom is thine, power is
thine,, and the life that shall -never end,
\men. „ . WIJJLL^I SMITH,

' . Patriarch. .

Covington, Ky., June 13, 1840.

STR ANG’SLCPNSISTENCY. - >
James Jr Strang, the notorious impos-

thorjjc , in flic Parish of Narborongh , tor has often been heard to complain of
Leicestershire) England .- * ( islander .promulgated against him by the ■:

. i i » • I • • . . r . i. i 1 .

BnoTHKit SiiKUN : I lay my hands upon Urighaihites, yet^e has been and is stul •
your head t6_seal upon you a lather’s bless, engaged in the same business against
ing according to thy rights in thy father’s j them. “ l it for tat as the Indian said
family, as thou hast none else to bless when ho sUGclc back, although we do. not
thee. I bless thee with a father’s bless- believe in the principle ol retaliation ex-
ins, that thy.Jjirthright-may lie preserved ) actly , yet we do not think that Mr. ibtrang
in thv father’s fainilyrin that placo that is should complain when he is paid ofl m
appointed unto to thee to stand ; and that his own coin, lip ought not to niurmer
the priesthood which thou hast been or- when, not a few of his own weapons tall
dained, might be brought out of that lift- brick upon Ins own head. . I* .is an old:
cage unto which thy4»thefs were ordain- j adage and a very good one (1 th'nk^ti^
eel-; for thou art of "tlio tribe. of Levi, -and ;

liioso who live in glass houses should not .

a literal descendant of. Aaron, wberetinto 5 throw stones. Mr._ Strpng should take
portainolh the administori^ of •• tseew. IVoav HNS Saymg and iUniguthavO

CCS and of holding the keys oLpeww^jjape influence upon his Cause in future,
fliereforc, it shall be conferred upon llieoTUm-Mr. Strang forgot the curse that he
•that birthright of administering for the | pronounced upon the- Bnghanutos, or the .
saving of thy father's house, and of. thy ! leaders of that church some three or four
kindred, in ordinances and blessings that j years since ! Clean the inside of the .
yet 'ieinaiiveth to bo revealed. For thy platter,” is another saying, which is. wor-
understandins shall be opened, and thy thy of Mr. Strangle attention before lie
knowledge shall he increased, and many goes a “bertm” digging any more. This
preatand precious promises that were i.wc have taken the precaution to do,- and
|iveu to thy fathers, shall btfful filled uponi have clipped oir notra lew of -the more
thine head, in the work of that ministry.? corrupt and bitter branches.. Ibis booby' 1
whercunto thou art called and theTleay-’ Strangda) is among other rotten trashy alid
ens si rail riser be opened to thy view, and when this .vicious^ impostor finds himself
the Angels shall administer with the ephod < cut. ofT from the Church of Christ, and no
and the holy vessels of the Court of the longer a member of Christ’s^dy, lie re-
Lord and U\y. raiments shall .be that of | sorts to tjic^old game of appstates, and be-
thc garments of Apron, with die girdle \ gins .his slanders. \y is ; not long smee
and the fair mitre placed upon thy head, j that a. most ■■bitter, and scan d alous v^ai ti.elo
according* tojhy . rights pf lineage, with > appeared

lt/Ks not long since
ous^arti.clo
u nis Jrl tl i y , -d i nv . half- penny

'fit of the poor who arc - unable to get to' Dhe .Priests of J^ovi, and the sons of Aa- [sheet, aguiiis^lne, and 1- need not state
Texas, and for tlic promotion of the work | r0 n, as a first -horn ‘son of Aaron, and so? that there wrfs not the least plausibility of
of tl\e ministry in thisj^gion ofthecaun- \ shall thou i$!u-n(l * and qualify thyself asjlruth inx>nc word that was sahl or pub-

ministry in thisj^g
It is thought -Expedient by the

first 1 Aaron was qualified, as. a spokesnian'uiito \ lishedT One among the many ialsehoqds
presidency of the church that the scatter- the Lord’s prophet, and unto all of God’s [\s a stat^Qicnt, which he makes, of my
.ed Saints who are deprived of jhe privil- people ; this is, therefore, the blessingrcff i keeping money collected for Ins licrald.
edge of assemblingtogcther to receive re- {thy father upon thy head, that thy Jniier- j This, is another false charge which lie
ligious instruction, and who- are unable to f itance may be made secure .uiito thee, j makes against me. 13ut this is nothing
•net tnr Texas, should . in'the nresent emer- \ unto all venerations, and thv. rights of for Strang. It is no wonder thai he cues

• get to Texas, si lould, in the present enter
gency, move into this Stake of Zion.

unto all generations, and' thy. rights ofl ^ .

priesthood, according to the covenant, ^enough, lor fear a more lull reyelahon^i

Ills deeds should expose the' impostor in} the message which ho bo J h “ ftlTp^.hS a“ folsc SiK

-S rsTssr-Und r j J»—pp— - * *

upon whole families, not even exccptin S < the lud icrous j a'he°n%.xl ccmvadietory statement that

dead prophets, ought to fear and tiemhle. deter represen s •• > > j la j l will refer to which this letter contains is

If such explainers as Strang would keep “he true .successor of a jho "T } I «.u b God answered,

truth on their side, it would he better for given unjust servain Joseph, thou hast been faith-

them and their cause. But we have no ments ” So then, IXe suXs^ofa fu over man v things and thy reward is
seen a Strangite for many days, except « himself to the wotld as L^^KtaSclf Glorious, the crown and sceptre are thine
such as are constantly engaged in the bu-, false ptophet als . clearest tesli- : and they wait thee. But thou hast sinned

sincss of slandering either Joseph, Hy* j Mr. strong has given I1 e has jin some things and thy jmnishmcnl is

rum or Win. Smith, or some other mem- , inony that he is a a P P * ... \ ccrv Utter. The whirlwind gocth before

bers of the Smith family; and why should given us a lying debt that delinca- *a3iU cloud, arc dark , but rest follow-

they not, as long as it is one article of; character and person a^d lo Its days there ^hail be no end ”

their faith that Joseph ‘-fell through trans- j lion, false a» it ls > 1 P a tiu ' e repre . 1 N 0 w we would like .Mr. Strang to tell us

eression.” O, Strang! thou arch impos-, \\ oild by Sli^n^ 1 llmw lono- it will be before his punishment

Tor, thou child of hell, (get the beam out of ; sentalion of his own character. For - < be o bhler if j )e is l0 be like Jo-
thine own eye,) get thee behind me, Sa-$thcr prooi of this fac we wi . . Pmnrclmws ihat these false teach-

- w .,..r T I t'VT CMIT

tan!

WILLIAM SMITH.

-ither nrool ot this tact we win reiei 10 uio » — •-■j ------ - -

letter* of 1844, which Strang impiously seph. Peter shows that these fa sc teach

,f prided .o receive from Wt in*. I- 1‘ i^STu

MELCHISEDEK AND as savin" that \ prepare for the bitter p unf shine n

HERALD. ! &

I sals that Joseph gave unjust mid vkau- Strang places great stress upon the reve-
Itohkised commandments. We think jlat.on m the book of Cov. 1 14
1 that Mr. Strang ought to tell us which are j which says, but yenh I ) •

jF. SLANDER AGAINST THE | the unjust anS unauthorised c01 " ma "J' Uirou-h P W ; for if it' be

TvOPlIET JOSEPH, BY THE 1M- ments that he, Strang, has given, because ; g»ft except it be uuou -

•OSTOll J. J. STRANG. it is evident that if he has not gtven such "his steal-

COVIN GTON.

OCTOBER, 1S49.

VILE

PROPHET JOSEPH, BY THE LU-j ments that ne, cirang. nas give.., . . , sh ' aU nol havc p0 iccr

KOTOR J. J. STRANG. i, I. ..IdenUh.t it h, ha.

Hear what the base imposter says con-< .commandments, this ' J?”P h “5jJ hat lt l 1 ,! I ;- were to say that Strang did rc-

cerning Joseph the Prophet: / «rt V afj i au^ao sotutSy necessary that be should jcrfve his a, .(.ointment from Joseph we
as a private ma:., w.ul m p j 1 i- i«: ms as Joseoh’s successor to ; could pot admit that it was in accordance
conversations, has committed many er- } prove lus claims as are with this revelation, for it declares that Jo-

rors, made erroneous interpietations- o l^ej s ‘ amhorised command- seph “ shall not have power, except to ap-

the word of God, and given uryu . j 1 i n . pn u Does Mr Stran^ refer I point another in his stead,” but in this

UNAUTHORISED commandments, WO j niensofJ p ■ • • - o [letter of appointment, the place of gather-

like all the rest of us. Inke the icst oi u* . meaniuai „ , b J beinfT ap . are represented as being made by Joseph,

he sometimes wandered from Go . < Successor to Joseph^ Is this or- -in connection with Stranges appointment.

: not improbable that in an evil hour he may pointed Successor to Joseph s j Lord made lises t0 j 03e?h

have used the influence of Ins olbc.al sta- j der of ' thing : the san i- thM the^ !conditiona]ly that if he vvou ld perform the
tion to accomplish some sinister end. In- < Peter speaks o i (duties cnioined upon him he should con-

• deed it is eletlr that he was gniltv of some also'a mart, sure \tll\oS the lieys of the kingdom un-

grievous fault, otherwise,^ after all the i unto ye do Sl.iifccon.ins of Christ, but after these
promises made to him, God would not - a hg ht t\ at jhtneth n a tlatl “ | proroUcs ha d been made to him, he receiv-

have suffered him to be cut off as he was. ! the day dawn, a !$ «. ®. ff.^Ythere is a cd unconditional promises at various
These were the faults of the man. not of ; your hearts 1 V e think that there i w a t continue to hold <he

i ,d*.d." - See Voree HerM, 1st, iking ki»^l 1» ibi. world, M d i»

J-Jl,lC48. , , „ j “ r s „ n , „. 0 «l 5 0 r:.be world to co“„c, »,.d on.il ibe coming

It is not a matter of astonishment that. The Apostolic ot avow- ( of Christ. Can these unconditional promt-

this vile slanderer of Joseph should gath-i prop iccy,w n * *- o J , • . • 1 ses fail because God had previously made

er around him a number of kindred spir- edly a system of deception and «Jng“. j condlUonal promises to him ? The Lord
its, men who had _a P ostaUsed fom the ? containing unjus a ; vay |haUhe ho .[foreknew from the beginning that Joseph

perseculo re of th e ' m a rty red Prophet are will of man

connected with this slanderer of one °0 as ^ niLhc.satl a^'onl in U.e same manner. Some of the condi-

the greatest and best of the servants of. But there wet e fals P P * , , . ” J tional and unconditional promises made

“God If there was alTv truth in these do- the people, even as there shall be false . . , , — t —

V.1UU. . ¥ , n iyi nn rr vntl. who DflVllV shall s l0JO

nuncialions against
might give themselves no

Py truth in these do- the people, even as there snail oe ivse . in the following

Joseph, the world* teachers among you, who^pnvtly sha,! i^G^si^thebook of Cov.:
no uneasiness about f bring in damnable heiesies.

7 Sec. 2 par.; 1 1 Sec. 2, 4 par.; 4G See . \ therefore it was retained in the family and
2 par.; 50 See.; 2. 3 par.; 51 See. 2 par.; j placed upon the head of Joseph.

Go Sec. 1*2 par.; 104 See. G par.; 10o! It was therefore a lineal right pertaining
Sec. 2 par.; 103 Sec. 1C par. . > to the tribe of Joseph that from thence;

That there was to be another appointed? should the Shepherd the Stone of Israel ;
to receive revelations for the church we j be raised up.
do not deny, but this appointment must! 1 Chron., 5 eh. ,1 v., reads thus :
be in strict conformity to the law of line*) Now the sons of Reuben, the first born ;
age which belongs to the presidency of the! of Israel, (for he was the first born,) but,
church of God. It is beyond the power! for as much as he defieled his father’s bed,
of Strang or B. Young or any other ini- 1 his birth-right was given unto the sons of
poster to take the birth-right from the j Joseph the son of Israel.”
tribe of Joseph, or disannul the lineal; In accordance with this lineal order the;
^rights of the Smith family. Strang ad- j following revelation was given to . the
mits in his forged letter that Joseph is the! Prophet Joseph :

Shepherd the Slone of Israel. Did notj “ Thus saith the Lord unto you, with
Jacob also predict that the Shepherd the- whom the priesthood hath continued?
Stone of lsreal should come from the- through the lineage of your fathers, for ye]
tribe of Joseph? We have yet to learn; are lawful heirs according to the flesh,;
that Strang or any other usurper makes; and have been hid from the world with)
any pretensions to be of the tribe of Joseph • Christ in God: — therefore your life and!
much less to inherit any right to the presi-! the priesthood hath remained and must;
dency, by lineage. j needs remain through you and your line-

Was not the birth-right conferred upon; age until the restoration of all things spo-
that tribe by an unchangeable decree?! ken by the mouths of all the holy proph- j
Was not the blessing conferred upon the; ets since the world began.” B. of Cov.!
tribe of Joseph, that from that tribe should] 6 See. 3 par.; see also 3 S. 18, 23 p.; 4<
be raised up the Shepherd the Stone of; S. 2 p., 103 S. 18 p. j

lsreal, because that tribe possessed pecu-j Those who are unacquainted with the;
liar, lineal rights? <; testimony that the Prophet Joseph was of!

What has the tribe of Joseph done that: the tribe of Joseph will find it clearly set]
the birth-right can be taken away from it ?• forth in the Book of Mormon GG, G8 p.

Did not the Prophet Joseph receive his!

appointment as prophet and seer as a; TIIE SHEPHERD AND STONE OF
rineal descent from Joseph the son ofJa-J ISRAEL. i

-cob? What has the iknith family done; Mr. Sevang's acknowledgment that Jo

rael spoken of bv Jacob when he blessed
his son Joseph, but we never noticed the
idea which Strang has set forth in this let-
ter, on this subject, until within a few
months past. Wc read the letter before
that time, but did not take notice of the
idea here set forth.

When Jacob predicted that the Shep-
herd, the Stone of Israel should come out
of the tribe of Joseph, he showed that the
blessings of that tribe were exceeding
great blessings. This is shown first by
comparing Joseph to “ a fruitful bough
by a well, whose branches run over the
wall,” then by comparing him to a bow
that abode in strength. The 2Gth verse
also shows the extraordinary greatness
and superiority of the blessings of this
tribe. Jacob there says unto Joseph,
“ the blessings of thy father have prevail-
ed above the blessings of my progenitors.”
The prophecy of Jacob which this bless-
ing contains that from this tribe the Shep-
herd, the Stone of Israel should come, is
evidently a part of the great blessing con-
ferred upon the tribe of Joseph. But Mr.
Strang places this blessing in a very de-
graded position, by representing that the
Shepherd, the Stone of Israel died in trans-
gression, and died in consequence of his
transgression. What a wonderful idea !
Where is the greatness of Joseph’s bless-
ing if these things are so, and why does
Jacob take so much pains to show the
superiority of the blessing of the tribe of
if ic ft f:\ct that tllO ■ TCl'.tOot ft lid

that they are to be cast olT ! ! seph the Prophet is the Shepherd, the] best man that ever would be raised up in

What has Brother William Smith done; Stone of Israel, is like the confession of; that tribe would be a Shepherd who would
that his claim as the lineal successorof : the "devils that possessed the man that ; give unauthorised commandments, die in
his brother is rejected ? ? ' > 11 welt in the tombs, who said unto Jesus, ! transgression, and whose punishment

Is it because he has manfully defended; “tlesus, thou son of God Most High.” — j would be very bitter? Most assuredly Ja-
aud demonstrated his right to that office ?; To show that Strang lias acknowledged: cob did not trifle with his son Joseph in
Until young Joseph or some one of the- that Joseph is the Shepherd, the Stone of*! this way, and this Shepherd is amoreelo-
posteriiy of Joseph the Prophet come for-! Israel, I will refer to the letter of appoint-! vated personage than Nephi, King Ben-
ward and claim their right to the presi- ment where it says: “And now, behold,! jamin, Mosiah, Alma, Mormon or Moro-
dencyitis his indisputable right to, standj my servant James J. Strang hath come] ni. Jf these holy men were greater or
in that office- No man that knows any? to thee from far, for truth when he knew! better than Joseph the Prophet, the Shep-
thing about lineal rights can for a moment* it not, and hath not rejected it, but had - herd, the Stone of Israel, why did Jacob
justly oppose this position. j faith in thee, the Shepherd and Stone of! prophecy- concerning him in such a pe-

lf all the male members but one in thej Israel, and to him shall the gathering of; culiar manner? God had previously
Smith family had so awfully transgressed; the people be.” j made known to Abraham and Isaac that

as to forfeit their birth-right, still thatj In the last paragraph of this letter, that in them and in their seed should all
would not disinherit the last male member ; Strang represents Joseph 'is saying, “the the kindreds of the earth be blessed,
of that family who had not forfeited his j faith which thou hast in the Shepherd, the But Jacob in testifying unto Joseph that
birth-right. I Stone of Israel, hath been repaid to thee his blessing was superior to the blessing

The transgression of Esau did not dis- j a thousand fold, aud thou shalt be like him; of his fathers, and in order that he may
inherit Jacob. What was the transgres-j but the (lock shall find rest with thee.” still further explain the greatness of Jo-
-sion of Esau? Was itJbr contending for j Now we are just as willing to acknowl- seph’s blessing declare that “ from thence
his birth-right? Surely it was for es-j edge that Joseph is the Sheperd, the is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel.” In
teeming a mess of pottage more than his; Stone of lsreal as that Jesus is the Son of harmony with these facts the Lord made
birth-right. When Reuben transgressed; God Most High, but not because Mr. known unto this Shepherd saying, “ as I
and lost his birth-right, it could not be ta-; Stang and the devils have made these ac- said unto Abraham, concerning tne kind-
ken from the family of Jacob, because j knowledgments. Wc have labored to reds of the earth : even so I say unto my
this birth-right was an hereditary right] show for two and a half years past that servant Joseph— in thee, and in thy seed,
that Jacob had inherited from his fathers,! Joseph is the Shepherd, the Stone of Is- shall the kindred of the earth be blessed.’'

r

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I

THE CONSPIRACY OF THE SAlsTj if the government grants these Salt Lake \ nations of the Btfghamites, but in regard
LAKE MORMONS AGATNSTSTIlEj Mormons a temtorial governmcirt th at \ to the Presidency d£the Church the. posi-
GQ VERN M E N T OF TI1E UNI- 1 they appoint meiV wlio.are not mombe rs • tio.n of these apbsaate publiQatio.ns is in-
TED STATES. | of this Salt Lake church or the govern -i direcropposition to the revelatioh's of God.

We have obtained ’numerous dis-j ment will find that they are most despcr-s .In answer to enquiries *wo here! state
closureshconcerning the treasonable, bias- lately, bitten by these wolves in sheeps \ that we have no connection with any of
plieinous, licentious, and heaven daring! clothing. We are in favor of them hav- < thqse publications or their authors.

'wickedness of Brigham Youn^, Orson? ing a government; but we think that the) — — — — ..

...t -3. - -i ° J 5 . 1 * . 1 \T A T) • .m 'XT T> O .

but as we have not space we will give a? But if government will not heed* our ad-; ^ nC l lC °J^ j ew

extract of the disclosures of a man and < vice, and will- appoint a, Salt Lake Mor thcld&Rj. JAD i 'iFho,jor the tcsoimo-
Miis wife which has been testified to under: mon to be Governor of that territory, let lli J °J have been inhumanly m ur-

oath by them, according to the laws of the J them appoint A. . W. Babbit , Esq., to dered in the Slates oj Missouri and lit
land. j that ollice, for we believe that he would _ _ _

These individuals testify' that in going: be* the most faithful servant of- the govern- 1 L-5T. ARBER. Martyred November

through the endowment in the temple, thc ( ; meat that can be found among the Salt? J ^ c ^ ncounf !J’ ***? •

following were part, of the proceedings. ; Lake Mormons. . I | ^»-aint s were. MARifyjJ-

“ The man and woman arc ordered to]* \Vc have au hentic information th at more* ED in ^ .JvV 1 co * .“L** , j^ 4

kneel at an' altar, on which is the Bible.ithan 1500 Fait Lake Mormons took this j T!it)S» McJiildC) \\ tllTCll. blilil !lj

Onitthcv lay -their hands, when the fol- ; oath in the temple nit Nauvob. We aroj T nr T Mnm.lid- K<nvl!iie Snail h

lowing oath is administered, entirely opposed to tlic.se people and will jJliHlKf MhUHo Oil JUI.

.• r riiE OATH.* - | stand up in favor of die republican insti - \ \\ lib MciTlfhj uCOrliC LlCiliirUSj.

Yeu ilo. solemnly swear, in the presence | tutions our country. - ■ t EllUS BeilllCi*, Ml*. Niipk‘1’,

of Almighty God, his holy angels, and. \v iLLJA.il S.U( xiL )' T , , T , r

these witnesses, that you will avenge the S ’ t ISAAC SHEEN. ijQSLiill rlllilTj ]ui\ ildViUdlj

blood ol'Joseqili Smith on this nation, ‘and; Presidents of the church of Jesus' Christ 1 ^t 4 !! jsllllill L.CWiSj Ml*. (JoYj

teach your children ; and that you will, ' of Latter Dav Saints. *. $«.»' ' V n . i 11 -*i *ii u

from this time henceforth and forever, J ... ~ . J A1.CX. CUill])bc!j> AIe Adbolf*

from this time henceforth and forever, j rnrm "

begin- and -carry' out hostilities against; ' . . , . .F l ' b : ,

thonniion.- n.wl to knnn .hn.nmn InTnnt at' A debate WAS held in Covington OH the

the nation,' aud io keep the same intent at " ^ «*« *» ^v,.™ on » ^

profound secret, now' and forever: .So ^einng°| October 4, between 1 res. Smttl.

heln vou-Co.l ” ' ' ' . t and Mr. J. \v\ I’ligh, a ltnghanntc, on; c™ 1 ty, mo lonowin^

jP. ^ t. i* t . r Kij. I’ollovvino’ (iiu'^nt.n. "lo it tin. ; i A IthD, ntlliiolv ,

Mr. and Mrs. Ann Doiv.on hare t-ssi-.fi- , ;.A, A i .1 <•%» ) - *rt -nr r

Mr. York.

.me tiihe and in the same
lowing persons were MAH-

cd- to 'the above facts ' undofoaih' il ‘° ^? cr of M \ * DiiVi<h¥. PiltlCll, - .

— following affidavit will show : , j.cd lVphet Josttph S,,nd,. to bp lie 1^8.- f One uj\ Ike Twelve Apples.

■ Lmtbd &w ^ go gr eat was ’ President Smith’s Victory,’ GidcOll Carter, Ml*. 01)111110.1*,

J. Mc< !ee Van Dcuson and Maria Van \ }«}g hc ^ acclamations. of tne asso.n- . Ml*. Glll'Cy. . -

Deuson his wifdt being duly sworn, doi hundreds in lavor.of h.m m.gbt bc ; Martyred in Carthage JAIL, in the
depose and say, that the matters set forth? »'ea«l (or squares .around— mingled with r dnunl ,, of Unicode, Slate of Illinois, on
in the pamphlet entitled -Startling- Dis- i 1 ' 1 ! !?cs ol tt , fow ] '-'gbamUe serpents, j ihc 27 th day of June, 1X544,

. closures,” &c„ by them published, «»j ^ ™ ^ Joseph Smith. illC SCOT, ' '

true, and that they themselves have pass- l f he P ,B ‘ 01 - U nl ‘ bullth 1 111 TT ,» Smith the p.,f I .i,Ll, *

cd through the initiatory ceremony by | foMVm bmUh.” f \ Ijilllll felllltll, IllC IdtlhUC! ,

which thousands have been and arc now} Oct. o. I res. Smith s arguments this 1 wo of the noblast Martyrs whose
- bein-r formed into a secret conspiracy ' evening were most cone asivo and irr«sis- ^ blood has stained the earth (or ages. -
against this nation * * I table in- defence ot his claims, ilys cxhi- j r pj 10 niurdcrcrs of the loregoing persons,

D T McGEE VAN -'EUSEN j bition .of the Brigllamite combination ; tbo’ugb the most of .them, are well known,

- mania V AN DEl'SFN". * } against the government of the United | aro yc?t running at^ large, boasting of tlidN

Banuiol IT. Siiiilii,

' M ARIA ' V AN DEUSEN. j u o iUll * L guvmimiuin ui im; t ai . 0 yet running at^ -rargo, uoasung 01 men?

ci . i o-*4 i 4 'i* l 10/1*7 States produced. a feeling af astonishment bleeds •-

Sworn tins 13th day of December, 1847, ? ^ ‘ u -, rionco * ail d a^rong spirit pfin-f ^.liiniol TT ¥iritii

eoicme, r 1 tPDTISTFT? ! dignation afggairst the JXrighamites perva; ! ’ .. ' V ,V ‘! li ., ,

t DAVID L. GARDINJ.R, ,1™1 ilm 1 V Brother of Joseph and Lyrum Smith, wha

. • U. S. Commissioner. | ^ . 1 died from the effects of poison adminis-

•I do hereby certify that the above tes-j FALSI E DOCTRINbkS.' • '/tcrcd.to him. Ife died within one month

timony of Mr, and Mrs. Van Deuson, con- ~ ^y e h a v6‘ received sbme’Second Advent • after the martyrcloin of jiis brother.^ Fur-

cerning the SalL Lake Mormon oath, publications containing spurious visions J flier particulars concerniiig this matter will
correct. — ROBT. CULIIERTSON. [of Second Adventists ’getting to heaven < app’ear hereafter. These arc all. yiartyrs,
The above is a very small sketch of the without obeying the gospel. | and.huvo sealed their testimony with their

enormities of Salt Lake ^Mormonism, ' VVe have also rccci-ved the Olive Branch blood,- ■ Resides many more whose days
which we intend to publish hereafter. " atid the Ensign ^f^Liberty, which contain | have been shoi toiled by the persecutions
We Avould. advise or recommend, that some good reasoning against the a'bomi- i that they have endured.

MEiL€IK§S3B3BK & AAROHIO HERAT.

*. I»v. ■-.

3J V LSAAG SI IK KN.]

COVINGTON, KY, FEB;., 1850.

VOL. I. NO. 8.

TERMS:

On j: Dollar for twelve numbers, or
Ten Ci:nts per number.

All letters and communication must be
post paid or they will not be token out of
the post ollice.

GREAT NEWS — LETTER FROM
PRES. L. WIGHT.

Novumhkii lth, 10 ID.

Br. W. Smith: — The brethren all hav

us about two months behind in get-
ting some 8o00, which wo should now
have had, andas paying debts punctual-
ly* in Texas is considered amongst tho
highest encomiums of men, we concluded
it best to square up, and have the Eight,
and as many more as we can then spare,
all start the first of March, after the
planting is nil done. I shall send you
from four to live hundred dollars.* You
will discover, William, by this that those
who can assist you there, wo can assist
/you here, having our propc try nil to our

, , . ,> . . jwu hub, Having um uruijciry an io our-

now returned home, the branch is. sclvcs . 15 r . Otis Hobart, President of the

i-vl.-.l -k rncinn-.ta Ain* « 1 1 1 > i l» rt l*C* In. i , . . . ’

complete as respects our numbers, not
one being absent. We met in Conference
this clay, and the whole day was occupied
investigating Ancient Mormonism, togeth-
er witir lineal rights and privileges as per-
taining to the Priesthood, and adjourned
till 10 o'clock, to-morrow morning.

Sunday, olh . — Met in Conference pur-
suant to adjournment, and your letter to
me, and the revelation accompanying it,
received the third reading. The vote was
then called, and in favor of it stands as
follows: yeas one hundred and twenty,
nays none. Hence I proceeded forthwith
to choose eight Apostles. Their faith and
belief in this work arc not to be surpass-
ed by any for the last six thousand years.
They are of tho pure blood of Joseph,
who was sold into Egypt, without the
amalgamation of blood; saw and heard,
the ordination of Hr. Joseph before* the)
foundation of the world was laid, rttiil tho-*:
instructions that were given him . 1 p: f should
be utterly opposed to any other lineage
standing with the Twelve. If you have
not got them, I have, twenty or thirty of
tlmtn; and men that I have n positivo
knowledge will never leave the principles
of ancient Mormonism. You say you
“Want no babie3 in your band who will
their colors fly . ,f Wc want no babies in
our band who have to try and try.

Now, William, as to sending immedi-
ately, wisdom directs me thus: We have
labored hard in the mountains for this
year and have got an excellent property.

W o have 300 acres of broke ground, and
have means in our hands this week to pay
every debt wc owe on earth. Having full L
faith and belief that you can manage till -
March or April, and as it will take all our
hands to put in a crop, which is univer-
sally, in this country, put in in February,
or wo may expect no crop, and as wc have
also bad a heavy breach made in the mill

Twelve at this Stake, is an intelligent man,
sound in faith. lie will visit you this
winter and give you all tho information
concerning us that we lack in this short
epistle. And by this move the Twelve
will be able io stay as long as necessity re-
quires them. Judicious, prudent and
economical measures, with fair investiga-
tion, will always keep the head sound.

I shall strive hard to meet with you in
Conference with the Twelve in April next,
and return immediately home as soon as
Conference is over.

I close by subscribing myself as ever,
L. WIGHT.

W. Smith.

, From the Cincinnati Commercial.

THE SALT LAKE BANDITTI. -
JWr. L. G. Curtiss — Sir: I have re-
ceived the following information in a let-
ter irom Pres. William Smith, the brother
and successor of the prophet — Joseph
Smith. The conduct of the apostates of
the ‘Salt land, (Jcr., 17 chap, (j v.) ought
to* be published in every newspaper in
the United States, that this Salt Lake
banditti may bo broken up.

Yours respectfully,
ISAAC SIIEEN.

M. & A. HERALD.

dam by a freshest, which will lake about;] upon a throne prepared for him.

500 days’ work to repair, and has thrown WILLIAM SMITH,

? I am in possession of the evidence that-
bands of those Salt Lake Mormons, arm-:
.cd, dressed and painted— having the ap-
pearance of Indians — are stationed on
the way to California and Oregon, for the
purpose of robbing the emigrants. Ma-
ny murders and robberies have already
been committed by these demons in hu-
man shape, which have been published
to tho world and attributed to the Indians.

The people at tho Salt Lakes govern
their church by a secret lodge of flUmenJ
It is in this lodge that Brigham Young is
crowned as a king, and is there seated

Y

O. HYDE'S SLANDERS.

We learn from the Frontier Guardian
that Orson Hyde the apostate is still send-
ing forth his anathemas and slanders
against tho Prophet of the church. He
says, “if Willian Smith docs not die of a
disease engendered in his own corruption !
before he slays our reputation then the
Lord lias not spoken by us.” Then wo
know that the Lord has not spoken by
Orson IJydo, for wc know lie is a liar and
a false prophet, and wcknow that Hyde
has basely slandered Bro. Wm. and
therefore justly merits tho condemnation
of the laws of tho lin'd, and the disappro-
bation of every ho • :st and truth loving
saintof God. The numerous letters from
the cast and other parts that wc have had
pleasure of perusing, as well as our
personal acquaintance with our brother,
enables us to testify in favor of his .char-
acter and wc do know that the statements
which Hyde makes against him are tho
effusion of a black hearted being. Hyde
thinks that the publication of the truth
concerning his “Negro Marriage will have
no effect upon his influence in the east. —
We think so too, because he has got no
influence neither in the east nor* hi Yd, y
other placo. where his conduct is fully
known. No man that wcknow of in theso
parts has fewer friends or is less deserv- v
ing of friends. Mr. Hyde’s ordination of L*
the Lamanitc prophet, alias, the Negro ■
Christ, Adam, See., the marriage of this <
black Adam with his white live, alias, £

Virgin Mary is well understood here.

Can Mr. Ilydc tell how many wives this

negro has altogether black and white?

The statements of Hyde that certain in- v\
dividuals who opposed Gen. Taylor’s ^
proclamation in favor of a fast, were mem- £

bevs of the church of L. D. S. is false, £

They may belong to Hyde’s church but S
they never acted under tho presidency of £
Bro. Wm. . *

In regard to Hyde’s slander against ^
Bro. Wright, Bro. Hobart stated, previous ^
to his death that those charges against ^
him wero false. His son who is stTll re-»
inaining with us states tho same facts,

THE NEWS FROM TEXAS,

Which we publish in this number, is
very encouraging. The prophetic wis-
dom iT the Prophet Joseph in sending
Bro. Wright to the Cordilleras mountains
is now being developed,

Tim Lineal Priesthood of Abrnhnm nn-.l
las Seed*

The answers to the following questions
are contained in the subjoined extract
from the Hook of Abraham. We have
divided the extract into sentences. .

The figures annexed to each question
denote the number of the sentence or
sentences which contain the answer.

Q. Was Abraham a prince and a high
priest? Ans. 1.

Q. Did Abraham become a high priest
because be was a rightful heir to that
priesthood? A. 1.

Q. Was this high priesthood a right
belonging to the fathers? A. 1.*

Q. Was the high priesthood conferred
upon Abraham from the fathers? A. 1.

Q. Did it come down to him from the
fathers from the beginning of time? A. 1.

Q. Was the high priesthood of Abra-
ham ‘the right ot the first-born, on the
first man?’ A. 1.

Q. Was Abraham’s appointment to the
priesthood according to the appointment of
(Jod concerning the seed? • A. 2.

Q. Did Abraham receive his appoint-
ment to the priesthood in preference to
his fathers in consequence of his fathers
turning from the holy commandments
which the Lord their God had given unto
them? A. 3.

Q. Was Torah the father of Abraham
an idolator? A. 23, 31
' Q. Did God put upon Abraham his
name, even the priesthood of his father?
A. 15.

Q. Did Abraham’s kin-folks and also
his father seek to take away his life? A.
3,14,25.

Q. Did Abraham’s father repent and
turn from his wickedness for a short time?
A. 25, 31.

Q. Did Abraham still hold the records
of the fathers in his hands after ins father
had turned from his wickedness? A. 26.

Q. Did Abraham’s father turn again
unto his idolatry? A. 31.

Q. Was the same right of priesthood
pvhich Abraham held to continue in his
iteral seed, or the seed of the body after
him? A. 33.

The Lineal rights of the Pliaroahs, t’jie
.. Egyptians and all the Cnnaaaites,
nil the Lineage of Ham,

Q. Did Noah curse Ilam ‘as pertain-
ing to the priesthood?’ A. 22.

Q. Was the lineage of Ham cut off
from ‘the right of priesthood?’ A. 23.

Q. Did the posterity of Ilam preserve
the curse in ihe land? A. 20.

Q. Was the first Pharoah, King of
Egypt, the eldest son of Egyptus, the
daughter of Ham? A. 31.

Q. Were the Egyptians called Canaan-
ites? A. 18.

Q. Was there a royal lineage among
the descendeuts of liam, and were the
Pharoahs ‘kings by royal blood?’ A. 0,
16. 22.

Q. Did the law. of God give the Kings
of Egypt a right by lineage to reign over
the descendants of Ilam as Kings or
patriarchs? A. 21, 22.

Q. Was the government of Ham patri-
archal? A. 21.

THE BOOK Ob' ABRAHAM.

1. In the land of the Chaldeans, at the
residence of my father, l, Abraham saw
ihat it was needful for me to obtain anoth-
er place of residence, and finding there
was greater happiness and peace and rest
for me, I sought for ’the blessings ot the
fathers and the right whercunlo l should
be ordained to administer the same; hav-
ing been myself a follower of righteous-
ness, desiring to be one who possessed
urcat knowledge, and to be a greater lot
lower of righteousness, anu to possess a
greater knowledge, and ttf be a father of
many nations, a prince of peace; and de-
siring to receive instruction, and to keep
the commandments of God, l became a
rightful heir, a high priest, holding the
right belonging to the fathers, it was con-
ferred upon me from the fathers ; it came
down from the fathers, from the beginning
of time, yea, even from the beginning,
or before the foundations of the earth,
to the present lime, even the right of the
first born, on the first man, who is.* Adam,
-or fitst father, through the fathers unto
,me.

2. I sought for mine appointment un-
to the priesthood according to the appoint-
ment of God unto the fathers concerning
the seed. ... . •

3. My fathers having turned from their
righteousness, and. from the holy com-
mandments which the Lord their God had
given unto them, unto the worshipping
of the gods of .the heathens, utterly refu-
sed to hearken unto, my voice; for their
hearts were set to do evil, and were
wholly turned to the god of Elkenah and
the God of Libnah,aud the God ofMah-
mackrah, and the god of Korash, and. the
god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore
they turned their hearts to the sacrifice of
the heathen in offering up their children
unto their dumb idols, and hearkened not
unto my voice, but endeavored to take
away my life by the hand of the. priest of
Elkenah. - _• =-- - ; : -

4. The priest of Elkenah was also the
priest of Pharaoh. . :

. If 5. Now, at this time it was the cus-
tom of the priest of Pharaoh the king of
Egypt, to offer up upon the altar which
was built in the land of Chaldea, for me
offering unto these strange gods, both
men, women and children.

6. And it came to pass that the priest

made an offering unto the i;«»d of Pharu*
oh, ami also Unto the god of Shngroel,
even alter the manner ol ilm Egyptians.

7. Now the god of Shag reel was the
sun. « ; - ' ' . t

3. Even the thank-offering of a child
did the priest of Pharaoh oiler upon tho
altar that stood by tho hill called Poli-
phar’.s Hill, at tho head of the plain of
Olishem.

6. Now, this priest had offered upon
this altar three virgin* at .one time, who
were the daughters of Onitali. one ot the
royal descent directly from the loins of
Ilam.

10. These virgins were olLrod up lie-
cause of tlmir virtue; they would not how
down to worship gods of wood or of
stone, therefore they wore k'lLd upon
this altar, and it was done after tho man-
ner oi the Egyptians.

‘If. It. And it came to pass that tho
pr.osts 1 aid violence on me that they
might slay mo, also, as they did those vir-
gias^&pon this altar: and that y on might
have a knowledge of this altar. 1 will re-
fer you. to the representation a l tho com-
mencement of this record.

12 It was made after the form of li
bedstead, such as was -had among tho
Chaldeans, and it stood before the gods
of Elkenah. Libnuh, Mu miuckrah. Kor-
ash,.' and also a god like into that of
1‘luiraoh, .ki; g of Egypt. /

13. That you may. have an understand*
ing of these gods. I have given you the
fashion ol them in file figures at tho bc-
•dmfnig. which manner of the figures is '
Called by the Chaldean*, rahleeos, which
signifies hieroglyphics.

*14. A‘»d as rimy lifted up their hands
upon me, that limy might offer me up and
tike away my life, behold. I lifted up my
voice unto the Lord my God, and ihc
Lord hearkened and heard, and ho filled
me with a vision of the Almighty, and tho
angel of his presence stood by me. and
immediately unloosed, my bauds, and his
voice was unto. rjie-, Abraham! Abrahaml .
behold, my name, is Jehovah, and l have
heard thee, and have come down, to de-
liver thee, and to take thee aw ly from thy ,
father's house, and from all fi>y kin-folks,
into a strange land which fi -u kuewest
not o(, and this because they nave turned
their hearts away from me, to worslfp tho
god of Elknah, amt the god of i/bhalf,
and the god of Mahmackrun, and the god
of Pharaoh, king of Egypt: thcrejbre I -.
have conic down to visit them, -and to de-
stroy him who hath lilted up h;s hand
a'joimt thee, Abraham, my son, to take
away thy life. . * .. • ; . i . . y, \

v 15. Puihold, l.willlcad thee!, by my
hand, and [ will take thee to put upon
these my name, even the pricsihbod of
thy fathers: and my power shall. bo over

'llicc- as it was with. Noah so sliall it be
with thee; that through thy ministry my
name shall be known in the curlh forever,
for 1 am thy God.

H 1C Itehold Potiphnr s llill was in the
land of Ur. of Chaldea* and the Lord
broke down tho altar of Elkonul, and or
tho "ods of the land, and utterly destroy-
ed them. and smote the priest that he
died; and tlicrc was great mourning in
Chaldea, and also in the court of 1 ha-
raoh. which Pharaoh signifies king by

“ royal blood. ~ .

17. Now this king of Egypt was a dc
scendant front the loins of Ham, and was
a partaker in the blood of the Canaan
• ties by birth.

1 C. From this descent sprang all die
Egyptians, and thus the blood of the Ca

naanites was preserved in the land.

f 19. Tho land of Egypt being first
discovered by a woman, who was die
dau-litcr of Ham and .he daughter of
Kaypuw. which in the Chaldee signifies
Egypt, which signifies that which is for-

^'* 20 ° When this woman discovered the
land it was under water, who afterwards
settled her sons in it: and thus, from
Ham. sprung dial race which preserved

the curse in the land. ,,

21 Now the first government ot IsgJ pt
was established by Pharaoh, the eldest
son of Egvptus, tho daughter of Ham,

- and it was* after the manner of the gov-
ernment of Ham, which was palrfafchal
22. Pharaoh being a righteous «ftm-
established his kingdom ami judged Ins
people wisely and justly nil his days,
seekin" earnestly to imitate dial order cs
tablisliod by the fathers in the first geijnr-
ations, in the days of tho first patriarc. 10 .
reign, even in the reign of Adam, and al-
so Noah, his father, who blessed him
with the blessings of the earth, and with
Iho blessings of wisdom, but cursed him
as pertaining to the priesthood.

V 23. Now, Pharaoh being of that nn-
earns by which he could not have the right
of “priesthood, notwithstanding the Pha-
raohs would fain claim it from Noah
through Horn, therefore my father was led
away by their idolatry; but 1 shul endes-
vor, hereafter, to delineate tho chronolo
cy, running back from myself to tho >e-
ginning of the creation, for tho records
^ have come intojroy hands which 1 hold
unto this present time.

V 24. Now. after tho priest of blkcnuh
was smitten that ho died, there came a
fulfilment of those things which wero>aid
unto me concerning the land of Chin bra
|hai there shonld be a famine in the Hod

25. Accordingly a famine provided
throughout all tho land of Chaldea, and
my father was sorely tormented because
of the famine, and ho repented of the

evil which he "hud determined against
me, to take away my life.

2 G. Hilt the records of .the fathers, even
the patriarchs, concerning the right of
priesthood, tho Lord my God preserved
in mine own hand*, therefore a knowledge
of the beginning of the creation, and also
of the planets and of the stars, as they
were made known unto the fathers, have
l kept even unto this day, and l shall
endeavor to write some of these things
upon this record, for the benefit of m>
posterity that shall come after me.

«{[ 07 . Now the Lord God caused this
famine to wax sore in the land of Ur, in-
somuch that ilaran. my brother, died,
but Torah, my father, yet lived in the
land of Ur, of the Chaldees.

And it came to pass that 1, Abra-

— . • .1 mu

thee, as unto their lather?; and l will bless
them that bless thee, and curse them that
curse thee; and in thcc (that is in thy
priesthood,) for 1 give unto thee a promise
that this right shall continue in thee, and
in thy seed after thee (that is to say, the
literal seed, or the seed of the body,) shall
all the families of the earth be blessed,
even with the blessings of the gospel,
which are the blessings of salvation, even
of eternal life.

M. & A. HERALD.

COVINGTON, KY,

P3B HU A R Y, 1 350.

20. And it came to pass uuu •% r .v T p,r PRESIDENCY OF

,0 ° t u ? MneVtewirrtvho wc°r r ; the ' THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
brother, took Milcoh to wile, who » . TUR D vys 01< - JA .MES, PETER

daughters oT Ilaran. , . xrr\ tomm

29 Now the Lord had said unto me,: AND JOHN. , . ,.

. . * 4 i___ nni nf t Vi v country and i he spirit of God th.-it •senrcheih all

Ahral , am .get thee out or thy coun > C - ^ ^ |!|ing „ of Uod » has

Irom thy kindred, an ^ l0W tlieo. cxpluiued to me Unit there was a lineal

3 D C, 'lWore n t 'ell the land of Ur, of .presidency over the church in tl, c-day* of
. i tntfi the land of Ca- I James, I\iU*r and Jonn. Jesus had re-

the Chah ees, g brother’s son sped unto the line il rights of his broth-

“‘“•"J. J rfsar',; n? wife! m,d also : era according to the They were

my t uher foilewld after me. unto the land , his half brothers and there was 7 of them

i • Moran. I lucludmg Jesus. In MM. 13 ch. 5o v.

W 3 V AniMhe famine abated; and my , and Murk C ch. 3 v. we have the names of
i* i * . • i •.* linron ?mcl dwelt there, 1 5 of these brothers, namely, Jesus who is

lather tamed ™ “d and I called the carpenter and James, Joses,

as there were m ®Y, in nnto his do atry, ! Simon, and Judas. Joses is the Greek
my father turned again unto us .uo.airj , Simon was surnamed

lh rlr rT, Awf h , Lot, my Peter by Christ when he made an apes-

M 32. But 1, Abraham. ami, Cot. y , > Sec Mnrk 3 ch . 1C v . The

of Judas in Mat. 13ch. 55 v. is tho

brother’s son, prayed unto the Lord

the Lord appcared unto ine and said m o . . e - -- -- ^ ^| |irk „ 3 v . Rnd a9

; „e. arise, and ak 'Jf h 'le ’ a way out of! Jude the brother of James in Jude 1 v.
have purposed to lake hce a (fi Mark lC ch . ; v . lu ,d 1 5 ch 40 v. contain

Ilaran. and to in . tr ^ n „ e i an d which the name of Salome who with James and
bearmy i«e' /'{X thee for an '- Joses arc spoke, of as sons of Mary.

I will give unto thy hearken 1 Mark 6 ch. 37 v. makes mention of John

everlasting possession. whoiUheyl.Mrken ^ of Jalncs . Although Simon,

m rT«'l n th^eiSh ul foo?i.il;; Who was surnamed Peter by Christ, was

l stretch my hand over the sea and it j his brother, yet he was not the chief or

l streten y wind aud the ' head one in the presidency of the church,

o icys piy • . l0 tke m oun- 'hut he was a counsellor in the preside,,-

.»j.y noi,oi.i...«u„y. ? f ,.,.n„ ? do,»of

taken away by a whirlwind, in an instant, Cod in the same way that we ho.il them
taken away y au( | the same wav that biducy lvigdon

suddcnlv. js Jehovah and i know and Krodmck G. WilUiiw held them,

i i /nrn tli« liomnnin (r therefore my The book of Cov. 05 t^ec. 3 p., says of
i 10 Ti --11* be over tliec and I will make the two last mentioned that, they are ac-

U ?‘o **' U b ® ®. It, andhvl! bless counted as equal with thee (Joseph) in

n n Hbovo^measure. and make thy name ! holding the keys of this last kingdom. Pe-
16 t'n nntr oil nations and thou shalt bo ! ter hold them the same as Il vrum Smith
f S T. 5.!. S — i Oliver CowUrry I, .1.1 ». 103

ii^Oicir hanj..(!iry shall hear lliis inin>s- ! See. 20 j>.— Tl.e 100 Sec. 20 v. speaks of
tw and nriesthoml unto all nations, and 1 ; lVtcr, James and J«»hn jointly as po^-
*1111 J c tiuMn thromdi tbv name; for as sussing tbo keys of the kingdom. In
Wl,IU !7r™^ call- - Acts d*cl». 14 150 wc read as follows:

od after thy name, and shall be accounted -Now when the apostl.is which were at
ihy seed, ^ and shall rise up and bless Jerusalem bourn that bamnn.i had re.

ceived the word of God, they' sent unto
them Peter and John/ Who' when they
were come down prayed for them that

- they might receive the* Holy. Ghost.”

. Now it would have been a very insolent
'proposition for the .twelve to send Peter
on such business or .any other business,
if he was the highest in authority among
them but if Jarifes ms the hcacl and Pe-
ter and John his counsellors then lie Would
ItaVe a legal right either with or with-
out the concurrence of the 12, to*4cnd
them . to Samaria. Thus it is evident
that, Peter - and John were subject to
higher authority- in the church than* their
own. But our op p on eats could not over;
throw our argument and statement that
there was a lineal presidency in the church,
in that day, if they could even inafeit
appear that Peter was . the first Pres-
ident for they cannot show that Peter was
not the brother of Christ. On the con-
trary wcAIinvc shown that -Simon was sur-
named Peter by Christ .^nd that- Peter
and John were the peculiar -favorites of
Jesus cannot, % bb denied. He communi-
cated unto thbm hidden mysteries which
ho did not communicate unto the rest of
the apostles. In Mat. 17 ch. 1 v. we read
that “ J esus taketh' Peter, J ames a.nd John

* his brother, and bringeth thennup into ’a
lugh mountain' apart. In the 9th verse
we : read that w as .they .came down' from
the mouqtain^Jesus clfai^gcd them saying,
Tell the vis ion to no man until the Son of

.zJJian. be risen again from the dead.” You

%.will perceive from the h\st quotations that
James who was in such close connexion
with Peter and John was the brother of
John and not James the son of Alphcus.

* Hi Mat. 10 ch. 20, and Mark 3 ch, 17 v.
we have James and John spoken of as'
brothers and sons of Zebedce; In both
places, the names of all the: twelve apos-
tles are given and James the son of Alpha-
us is spoken of and distinguished from
James the brother of* John. It appears
that Zebedce was the second husband of
the virgin Mary for she is spoken of .“as
the mother of James and Joses and tire
mother of Zebcdee’s children,” see Mat.
27 cb. 56 v. James the, Lord’s brother,
is also called James the less. In proof
of this statement 1 will compare the testi-
mony of Matthew and Mark. They both
give us an accounUof Mary’s position at
the crucifixion of Christ: Matthew, in 27lh
chap'., 55th and 56th v. says, “And many
women were there (beholding afar off)
which followed Jesus from Galilee, minis-
tering unlo him: Among which was Mary

: At agdalnne^-ARd her of

James, and Joses, and the mother of Zeb-
ebee’s ^children.” •- • Mark, 1 5 ch., 40-

' says, “There were also women look
ingon afaroff, among whom wa t s Mary ;
HagdalenOj and Mary the mother of

James , the less , and of Joses* and Sa-
lome.” In Galatians, 1st chap., 19th V.,
Paul says, “But other of the apostles
saw l none save James the Lord’s broth-
er.” . . S.'t: ' ' ^ ^

, ' [CONCLUDED IN* OUR NEXT.J

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Of the church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter Day Saints will v be in Covington Ken-
tucky on the Gth of April next/ This an-:
nounccment is made by. authority Jrom
Pres. Wm. Smith. It is his intention to
organi/.e the quorum* of the twelve at that
time. It is expected that Pres. L. Wight
\vilk be present with other brethren from
Texas. The saints far and near (as many
as.’ can) arc earnestly requestd to be pre-
sent at the conference. It is expected that
after the conference a company of saints,
will emigrate from this place to Texas. . j

MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS.

We have sent a long petition to Con-
gress remonstrating against the admission
of the State of Detfcretjnio the Union. —
It is in the name of the'presidency of the
Church, with Pro. Williams name and
our .own attached^ \y, and also a concur-
ring petition signed by 12 members of the
church in this place, loii can sec by
,tlie newspapers what effect it lias produ-
ced; and that pur principles'll aye been.pro-
mulgated in the. Senate of* the United**
States,- and by telegraphic. despatches in
nearly all the daily papers in the Union.
We have sent a similar petition to the Presi-
dent, requesting him that if a - territorial
government is established at Salt Lakes,
that he will appoint, men to* office >thevc,:
who will protect us frofta the. Bowie-knife
priesthood of Brig -Haiti Young, when wo
go thereto reclaim some of the lost sheep
of the house of Israel. Our cause is
moving onward rapidly.

, “SHORTER BY A HEAD.”

Wo extinct the following from a letter
which we haye received from Elder Omar
Olney : *

' I have ever felf a sympathy for Wil-
liam Smith,' since I heard soma of the
twelvoites say iii Nauvoo, “that he was
too tall and if he would come badk toNau-
voo, .they would made him shorter by a
head.”

BRO. N. T. JAMES

Of thcjpiorum of the twelve in a letter
just. received from him states that*he in-
tends to attend the conference..

BREWSTERISM, ~ .

It.s nonsense and infatuation. \yill be no-
ticed in our nqst for the purpose of saving
a few of its deluded victims from tempo-
ral -and spiritual damnation...

Joseph the Prophet placed his hands
pon Brig Ilam Yo&lg^fii'ea^anfe^ *

nounced these words, ^you .arc of the
lineage of Gain through the loin's * of —
Haiti. .

JUDAS ISCARIOTS LINEAGE. ;

John 13 ch. 2 v/says, “Judas Iscariot
Simon’js son.” ‘The 12 ch*. 4 v. contains
precisely the same words, Mark 3 "cli /1 8
v. calls, “Simon the Cahaanite,” Mah .1(>
ch. 4 v. contains the same words.*. John
13 ch. 26 v. says “Judas Iscariot the son,
of Simon.” Frorq these quotations it is
evident that Judas Iscariot was a Canaiah-
ite and our Saviour said “1 have Chosen
you twelve and lb -one is a devil.” He
also, describes him as “the son of perdU
tion.’^ : \ .

A Canaanitc apostle then -belongs to
that class of spiritual beings that trans-
gressed in heaven and became devils.

Oy” President Wk. Smith is now in
Illinois. In a letter just: received from
him, he states that. he expects soon to re-
turn. y lie lias been detained by the ice ui
the Illinois river. ' *

■'-.-(Kr We have received letters from brov
• Jdhn Ei Page and U. C. Nickinson .which .
we intended to publish extracts from, but
we are compelled to preserve them for
our next number.. They contain startling
developements of the licentious doctrines
and practices in the Strangite church, a .

Ume copy from Brighamism.

? The Herald has not been published for.
some time, but wo expect we shall now
publish it morq frequently.

' • DEATH.

Obitu.v by.— Departed this life on the
17th,. of Jan. last in Covington, Ivy., our
beloved brother OTIS HOBART, in tho
50th year of his age. lie had been sent
on amission from the branch of the church
under the supcrintcndance of Pres. Ly-
man WighUn Texas. lie was the bear-*
er of tha letter of* Nov. 4th, and other
important documents from Pres.. Wight.
Jjlis slay among us was short and attend-
ed ‘with much, bodily affliction most of tho.
time. lie vvas a firm believer in the gos-
pel and in the lineal priesthood of the
church. Ife had passed through many tri-
als and he feelingly remarked a short time
previous to hie dcparturct hat “it isthrough
much tribulation ffifat .wo mus.t enter the
Kingdom.” . lie .was highly esteemed by
the saints both here and in Texas. Ife ,.
sleeps for a glorious resurrection,.

MELCHISEDEK & AARO NIC HERALP

BY ISAAC SHeIn.T~ OOVINSTON, gY„ APRIL, 1350. [VOL. I. NO. 0.

PROPHET’S DEPARTMENT,

and earthquakes, wars, rumors of wars, ! a time I improve a few moments in wri
. 1 , i i l _ vrtii tn W vnu know the state ol at-

A REVELATION, given March 207
1850, in Covington, Kentucky, to Wil-
liam Smith, Isaac Sheen, George Bat- . one hour shall t | iey be Drougiu to
ley, Samuel Heath, and other aiders ] nou htj alH j the y w | )0 j,ave slain the
who were present, and to the Church oj j °i t3 s | ia ]j a j s0 be 'condemned and

UUU *

and by bloodshed, and the kings upon
their thrones shall treinbro and they that
are clothed in rich scarlet, and purple,
j and fine linen, shall be cast down, and
in one hour shall they be brought to

Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ,
for their salvation both temporal and

spiritual.

Behold, I say unto you, my servants,
who have assembled yourselves together
on this occasion to obtain knowledge from
mo what ye shall do concerning your
temporal affairs. Behold, l say^ hearken
to my voice, ye that have purified your-
selves by obeying my gospel: this is my
will concerning you, yea, eyen all of you
who have named my name, prepare ye,
and get ye up from this land, and go ye
out from among 'the gentiles who have de-
creed thy destruction, and who now in
theft secret plottings have evil designs
against you, for 1 have decreed an over-
flowing scourge, and the land shall he
desolated and all the people shall jnourn,
and it shall . come to pass that my word,
shall be fulfilled concerning the wicked;
and in summer and in winter shall it be, j
and the ol ague shah not tarry, but it shall I
be even Js l have spoken; and there styall
'.safety inthislttnd except only a-
mong those whom I have appointed to
tarry, therefore let my servant William
Smith, and. my servant Isaac Sheen, and
iny servant. George Bailey, and servant
Samuel Heath, gather together all their
means, with their families and with the
£oor, and the halt, and 4He lame, and the
julind'Of my Church, so far as they have a-
bilities and power to do, and depart imme-
diately from this land, to the land that I

prophets shall also be 'condemned and
destroyed and overthrown, and they who
do wickedly and have divined deceit for
the ruin' of my people. Behold I am God
and besides me there is no saviour, I am
he, that maketh the earth to tremble, and
the wicked are as grasshoppers before
my face, nor can they purchase my fa
vor with their gold, nor turn aside the
j just for a thing of nought. Behold ye are
my servants and my Church and the plant
of mine own right hand planting, there-
fore none can remove thee from the place
[ have appointed for thy salvation, and
for thy rest, and for thine endowments,
and for thy keys, and for thy municipals
and for thy anointing, that I have or-
dained. Npw 1 say concerning my ser
vant Otis Hobart whom I have taken
unto tnyself, whose works 1 have accept-
ed, and ;s* justified before me, behold he
is with «fhe, and his spirit mingleth in the
councils, q{ the ma rty red prophets, 6,nd
bis testimony in your , behalf shall bef
heard in *1 Jl* is

mine, I hive called mni hither. It

was for Zion’s sake. Let' therefore ..Wis-'
idorrf dirfect jrotr; nfy servants and my
C.iurch, to get up from this landand gather
to the valley of the Cordilleras mountains,
to await the day of my vengeance which
shall come like a whirlwind, upon the wick

i , /• _ : • _ _i

{poor, and the halt, and^He lame, and the I c( j^ an d p re p are formy coming in a place
mlindof my Church, so far as they have a- 1 Q f re f U g e and safety that I have pro.i-

ded for my people. For there will I
uiau-^ iivih n»«.-> maiiu, «■■■« .v...- . — - give safety and great peace to all those
jiave appointed for the gathering of my mat keep my commandments. Make
people, in the land of Texas, to the place } iaste to fill up all the quorums of my
of my servant Lyman Wight, where my ! c hur.ch as I have commanded and make
people may rest in peace, where they may i ou d proclamation of these things to the
plant and not another inherit, and where j na ti 0 ns of the earth. Behold 1 say gath-
they may build unto me an house, that j er yourselves together, gather ye out and
shall be called the house of my glory, fl ee l0 Zion with all your gold and sil-

aa/4 tm<aa.o..a 4UAr.ton1.rAo f/tt* ♦ U O rfiHpmn. _ • a 1 _ 1 aUa-Ia + a n(Uk

and prepare themselves for the redemp-
tion of Zion, and for the endowments, and
for the ordinances, and for the redemp-
tion of their dead, and for their priest-
hood qualifications. These things I have
Spoken (not in a mystery) that ye may
understand, and that ye may become
wise, for now is the day of salvation,
and the day of my visitation upon the
face of the whole earth, for I will speak
unto the nations by lightnings, judgments

your gold

ver, raiment, horses, and chariots with
you, for behold the plague cometh and
scarcely shall the righteous escape. These
words and this commandment have 1
given unto my servants and unto my
Church. Amen.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM
U,. C, NICKERSON.

Ly 0 Nsda,le,‘ N ov. 4, 1849.
Dear Brother William * After so long

ting you, to let you know the state of af-
fairs in these parts. Many brethren have
arrived here since you left. Both new
and old have left Strang, with few excep-
tions. There are but fifteen houses in
Voree which contain Strangites, and they
are fit subjects to follow him. With few
exceptions they ore such as strain at a
gnat and swallow a camel; or in other
words, profess equality and subscribe to
a constitution or articles of an associa-
tion by which they are bound, and fur-
ther bound thirteen times. One of them
r will give you verbatim, as I have a true
copy of the whole concern, and it is the
most fraudulent concern you ever saw. I
have consulted four different lawyers on
that article, and their mind< are the same.

Some forty or fifty have joined the As-
sociation and some twenty or thirty left.
They have had two lawsuits concerning
property put in, and finally settled them.
Brother Archer was forced to settle it be-
cause he was not able to carry on a law-
suit, because they have got all his proper-
ty. They have robbed them that have
left from twenty-five to two hundred dol-
lars each;., and, it is so written thut the
person putting in ten thousand dollars*
con never get out more than two thou*

— 1 -r

hundred per year, o/fstkiftg ten years t C
get two thousand dollars, and that in such

things as he puts in<|

The following is tp^fif\h covenant:

“The said parties Of the first part do
furthermore hereby in like manner and in
like effect covenant, grant, bargain and
agree to and with the said party of the
second part, and severally with each oth-
er, that they will receive, uphold, sustain
and acknowledge the said James J.
Strang, party of the second part, and-
known as Prophet, Seer, Revelator, Trans-
lator and President of the Church of Je-
sns Christ of Latterday Saints, and the
Patriarch of this Fratornity Association
and Family, holdidg the Presidency there-
of and the same place and relation there-
in which is usually held by a father in and
at the head of his own family.

THmTEENTH COVENANT.

Hereby of our own mutual and free-
will, give, grant, bargain and sell, release
and confer unto the said James J. Strang
trustee in trust in perpetual success-
ion, and to hi* and their assigns forever,
all and each of the property and estate,
real, personal, mixed* of each and every
one of us, parties of the first part, and ah

our right, title, claim, interest and demand j want us to | send die whh girdles .^Tron

every part thereof, to .have and to nmu we ^ ^ SSye shall ■ them; and the priest office Via// be theirs

same, and each and every part thereof ously By “W ™ * , ptrpetU al statute ; and thou shall

unto the said James J. Strang.” X Jis^ead beffigalone.’- We I conaec^ Aaron and his sons.” A-

[To becont.n ued.] ; in thafman that says gain, the promise of the Lord to Pffinehas

he has faith who does not show his faith j the grandson of Aaron, lecorded in i\um

M. & A. HERALD

- TEXAS.

by his works.

We intend to remain

bers 25 ch. 11-13 v., coincides with the
here until the fall, foregoing as follows: “Phinehas the son
emittances can be of Kleazar. the son of Aaron the priest
. • , • .t -J hath turned mv wrath awav Irom the

A company of saints intend to start from Q ommun i ca tion3 and remittances can be , of Eleazar. the son °* aron

this place for Texas in a few days. By Warded to the first Presidency in this »•> ™ed my wrath away from dhe

the revelation of March 20, 1850, the ‘° r susual children of Israel, while he was zealous

saints are now commanded to emigrate p - ' for my sake amongthem, that I consumed

tn that countrv that thevmav be gathered MR. STRANG. THE FALSE PRO- not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

saints are now commanded to emigrate __ —

to that country that they may be gathered jyjR- STRANG, THE FALSE
together a ncj^prep are for thosfc things that PHET,

are coming upon the earth, for the endow- Is still vomitiiio- out his infamo

Wherefore say. Behold I give unto him

are coming upon the earth, for the endow- j g still vom jtiiirr out his infamous slan- ' covenant of peace; and he shall have
merits and blessings which God has prom- ders a(Tainst the t ° rue SUOC essor of Joseph, i it and his seed after him even the cove-
ised unto his. saints and for the redemp- lhe ° phet 0 f the Church, He has re- , nant of an everlasting priesthood; be-
tion.-of Zion. “Coming events cast their, ^ eat e dl y asserted in his paper that he is cause he was zealous for Ins God, and
shadows before” hence we have witness- ahvays ready to engage in a discussion in ] made an atonement for the children of
ed signs in the heavens and on the earth— re gard to his doctrine! and we have re- ' Israel.” Surely no language can de-
signs of ‘“blood fire and vapors of smoke” peatedly discovered the falsity of this as- 1 scribe the perpetuation or everlasting con-
“distress of nations.” Showers of flesh ; ertion ; H e knows that he is incapable tinuation of anything more emphatically
and blood, great lights in the heaven- 0 f makincr a defence against our expo- than the above quotations describe the
earthquaks, pestilences, famines, whirl- sure 0 p Jj ie weakness of his claims. — everlasting priesthood of Aaron, as a
winds, judgments^ the waters, wars and jj ence | ie h as not attempted it, but he has statu . te for ever unt0 illm and lus seed af ’
rumors of wars, which are now manifest- resorte d t o “blackguardism” and slander ter him.

edare only “the beginning of sorrows.” agains t the ch&cter of God's Anointed ^ ri _ ,* T K TTT *r nnv

The awful display ot God’s indignation p rop h et . Why does he not reply to our THE GREATEST ANNUAL CON-
will soon be poured out upon the ungodly pre vious arguments against his forged FERENCE,

therefore he is now warning the inhub- j e tter and false preffensions? To divert Ever held since the martyrdom of the
itaiitsjot the earth tb prep are Fdr the day tl\p attention of his readers from that sub- Prophet Joseph. A Prophet in the
of his Vengeance which shall come like a j e pt he resorts to slandering the character lahd'dgaitil Reorganization of the
whtHwind upon the wicked. He l hhs r '$$bt 0 f. the Prophet William, as apostates and quorum of Me twelve* apostle?.;
a prophet who is JulTy qualified bV the 1** '.inheli^vers slandered Joseph.- Strang 'nf

scribe the perpetuation or everlasting con-
tinuation of anything more emphatically
than the above quotations describe the
everlasting priesthood of Aaron, as a
statute for ever unto him and his seed af-

tke greatest annual con-
ference,

Ever held since the martyrdom of the
Prophet Joseph. A Prophet in the

Jahd^saift: Reorganization of the

Iseph. . It rieaoes nouumti ms oh - repeal- held'iri Covington* April 5 th, 1850/com- t
of -equaf validity- to thtcfe^hi^^re giv- ed and hitherto broken promises this time men ci n ’g at 10 o’clock A. M, — -Confer*-,
en through Joseph. J They \ agree with he wi n pr0 ve beyond all contradiction enQe ^ as organized by did unanimous
them in style and Pf doctritie to that ex- that he is both a liar and a coward. He ad tion of t)* following resolutions:
tent that many' would suppose that they is a small affair and unworthy of further Resoloed, That Trrs. Wm. Smith, be
emanated frortt the same person. The no tice and will at last perish in his own | appointed President of the conference,
style is the same bfecaus* they emanate corruptions. Resolved , That Pres. Isaac Sheen be

style is the same because they emanate]
from the same £od, who is the same yes-

tSrday to-day and forever. The fulfill- BREWSTERISM EXPOSED. 'A hymn was then sung after which Pres,

mentof many revelations which have been Wj> intendedto ke a full exposure Smith read from the B. of Cov., 107 and
given to the Prophet William have been of the absurdity of Brewsterism in this 108 Sec. which revelations show that the
realized in the most remarkable manner. )mt we y do not think tke su bject law of tithing is a standing law in the

W !f, fi. 0 there i°»^'f 'ontV, 011 !.^ worthy of our regard to that extent. There church, to be observed by all the saints,

with the revelation of March 20th, and ^ matters that claim our atten- Prayer was then otfered by brolner Jo-

gather to the pLv appointed that you may °“ e ticularly . We will there- se P h D. Goodale. Pres. Smith, then made

be prepared for the final rest that remaineth Uon mor . p. art ‘ remark „ showing that a temple of

Resolved , That Pres. Isaac Sheen be
appointed clerk of the conference.

A hymn was then sung after which Pres.
Smith read from the B. of Cov., 107 and
108 Sec. which revelations show that the'

with the revelation of March 20th, and ^^- - ^That ^im our alien- Pray’ei was then otfered by brother Jo-
gather to the plaop appointed that you may “ re °" er ticularly . We wiU there . seph U. Goodale. Pres. Smith, then made

be prepared for the final rest that remaineth b riefly noti Ce a few of the outra- some remarks, showing that a temple of

Mo— the P landof f Z ( ro 0 n d . *** JaCkS ° n C °‘ geous absurdities and false doctrines of God must be built that, a proper distinc-

^ *T“ v ‘ . 4 A m 'that sect We might present a multi- tion must be kept between the true and

. P .Tu' tude of evidJfiTiom the word of God false saints, that the fulness of the gos-

as with a comoanv in the fall In this tude of evioences irom mewuruo. wou «=>"

Region and also P in the Eastern and* Wes- to prove tlmt his statements concerning pel must be preached to the opposite par-
tern States there are many that are pre- lhe A aronic priesthood are inconsistent tv, that the Church must be directed and
paringfor the gathering at that time P and fallacious. He asserts that the Aaron- governed by the head, not by the members,

^ ^ § ? * ic priesthood has no existence in the except as co-workers with the consent and

0^?"The saints are requested to forward Church of Christ and that it is done away, approbation of the head. He said, if the
their donations to enable us to publish the But in Exodus 28 ch., last verse, the people should reject him as they rejected
Herald. Our readers to whom the paper word of the Lord concerning this priest-* Moses when they made a golden calf; it
has heretofore been sent, are requested to hood of Aaron is this:* “it shall bo a [would be his right, like Moses, to stand in
forward their subscriptions if they want to statute for ever unto him and his seed | his place and proclaim against tlrir iniqui-
be considered as subscribers and if they after him.” Also in the 29 ch.,9 v., we My and apostacy.

-=*= . . .* • j : _ instructed bv this conference to go out declare that unless he is ordained under

, Several brethren took part in t - the different branches or the the hands of the Presidency of this Church,

cwsion ot important mat ers connected **d visit T Zited States, and in all he has no claim to be the successor of
with the doctrine of the Church. rayer world’, to gather up the Saints his father in the Presidency of the Church

was then offered by Bro. Curtis, l he P a ' 3 '^" oi ' nte | bv the l Revelation ' of J'. C. of Latter Day Saints.

‘conference then adjourned until 3 o clock to Q of , P an(1 fo P r P , he redemption of Zion, Resolved, That Brothers Geo. Bail*

Pi M- . . ,. ! _„_nrH,n» to a revelation which God hath \ and Samuel Heath, receive recommenda-

, Conference met pursuant to adjourn- accordn g t j ons f rom this conference to the Church

njpnt at 3 o’clock P. M. I’rayejxby Bro.
m a th. Hymn ivas then sung, commenc- :
ing as follows. “The towers of Zion soon
Khali rise.” Several resolutions were

ins as ioiiows. ± uc ~ -- . . *

Khali rise.” Several resolutions were tions t of God. but we \
“brought before the conference which elic- , the Church those who eh
ited much valuable information. property separately and

^Conference met pursuant .to adjourn- control, provided they
nient at early candle .light. Opened by commandments of God.
prayer by l>ro. E. N. Kingsley. The -Resold, 1 bat we bel
following resolutions were adopted unan- of the Church of Christ

. D r.htirnh i*nnl

8 Resolved , That we believe" in a united j in Texas, in accordance with their previ-
orderofpropertv. according to the Revela- j ous appointment at a special counselor
tions of God: but we will fellowship in ‘ the Church ip this place,
the Church those who choose to hold their Resolved, That Brothers S. Curtiss and
property separately and under their own J. D. Goodule, apostles, receive recom*
control, provided "they observe all the mendations from this conference to go on
- ~ • missions — the former to Penn, and the

Conference adjourned to meet April 7,
o’clock, A. M.

Conference met pursuant to adjourn-

Snver bvBro E N Kingsley The Resolved, That we believe the majority latter to Michigan. ..

following Resolutions were adapted unan- of the Church of Christ has no right to Conference adjourned to meet April 7,

. , h govern the Church contrary to the decis- 9 o clock, A. M.

imousiy: . A inn of the nresent Pronhet of the Church, Conference met pursuant to adjourn-

sttsatfsyas

MSS

gSa „ w ,„,„a sag* xrxir sgaaflgg«sa&

* h n bv ho Wol and "hc eve a Bible, and if , he .President decides .ha. We fully end** ^rVrtinbnts there,* .

■^n. of y i2S» Chrf,t ihd^ar.hatj any i?oto which has been given is u«- contained. giving a synoflms. oTbur
thh “lawful heirs ' richteous or inexpedient, his decision in sentiments on this subject and of the set|J

edge thatit is his indisputable right to be
the President, Prophet, Seer, Revelator
and Translator of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints.

this priesthood belongs to the “lawful heirs righteous or inexpedient, n s um u„ . .

according to U lB 11^7,” and inasmuch as i regard to the matter is binding, although , meets which tha. book contains, we do
5,0 Prophet Joseph Smith was ordained ! the whole Church under Ids charge oppose hereby declare that “we do not believe i H
'by the angels of God, to .prysifle over the j him, as the children of Israel opposed just to mingle religious influence with
•Church of Jesus Christ of Latter l Day \ Moses, and worshipped a golden calf. civil governments whereby one religious
■aSoints, in consequence d his lineal, do- 1 Resolved , That measures be adopted society, is fostered and another proseribv

J 4 . r- i i. I *< fnr lhe 'immorlifit a nVr*rkOrT»iftnn rvf tliA erne. aH in it< cniritnnl n ei v i 1 pfl (T.a>h 1>4 i 11 flH

WiceflXJfrom Joseph oY Jacob/ ac- for tl?.e ’immediate propa^arfon of the ggg.- ed in its spiritual priviledgesVoi^ih^indK

cording to the covenant which' God made: M •«>,$ nabpn^as. fa^ as.fir?cti,cjabje^ r wd«fti«iiights-of its -mcmbereiHr : citizens

* T I. . • _ ! n rr tr, naa on/1 umono.

curding to tne covenant wmuii^uu mauc ; nr. ttrr; •; r , . rfmi 7 — , "6 . „ r . V V

,» wpi. r .j /.c.u «s?

\Ve do therefore declare, that it is the | Sro. Lyman Wight's proceedings in ful- and warn the righteous to save themselves
legal and lineal right of Pres. Wm. Smith ! filling the mission gjen him b> the from the corruptions of the world, but we
the only surviving* brother of the Prophet, Prophet Joseph, in estmlishing a branch do not believe • it right to interfere with
Joseph Smith, to be his successor in office. °f the -Church in TeW. bond servants; neither preach the gospel

t, , j ft, i . . n ,11 i Resolved, That this pnference instruct to nor baptize them contrary to the will

Resolved , J hat we will uphold and . . , * r , n, [t , 4 , , . , 1 c 4l 4 * 4 , ,,

, cm it w - u* • the branch ot tiic Glnich under the su* and wish ol their masters, nor to meddle

sustain Isaac feheen and L. Wight in . , r n t w - r, . -.i • n .1 • .t i %. ♦

4l . «' « n® r i pcnntendcnce of Bro. Lyman \v lght, to with or influence them in the leasl to

the; r offices as counsellors to the Prophet 1 , r . i* i r «i .i 4 , ,. 4 . r , f, • ..

v, , . , , . ci • i send money for the refcoval ot the omit h cause tliem to be dissntisned with their sit-

n illiam bmith. .i • .. .... .... • i-

, * .. . / the Church of Jesus Christ ot Latter J)av dangerous to ti e peace of every govern*

, constitute the quorum ol the first 1 rcsiden- Saints, bo held in Texas, on the 23 da'v ment allowing human beings ,o be held

mr da SaVms La '' of I)ec “ 1350. being the birth day of the in servitude.” Furthermore, we declare

1 * r Prophet Joseph. A general attendance thatit is our determination' and our sa*

ResOiVed, I hat Bro. Aaron ilook be of the 12 aposdes elders and other official cred duty to render strict obedience Ip
upheld and sustained as a counsellor to members of the Church is requested. the constitution and laws of th/se United
the HPsl Presidency of this Church. Resolved, That all the Churches abroad States, and that we liate and'detest and

Resolved , That we do uphold and sus- be instructed by this conference, accord- will oppose every attempt of Apostates or
thin the appointments which have been ing to the Revelation received by the others to raise rebellions, conspiracies,
made by Presidents Wm. Smith, Isaac Proplvet Wm. Smith, to gather to the combinations or intrigues gainst it to
Sheen, and Lyman Wight in filling up | branch of the Church in Texas as a place overthrow it. We furthermore declare
the quorum of the twelve as follows : In , ol refuge for the Saints. that we ore loyal subjects of tfiis govern*

Texas. William P.Eldrige, Andrew Balen- , Resolved, That we cordially invite ment and will'ooniinue^piraite the w.arn*
tine. Spencer Smith, Joseph D. Goodale, ! young Joseph, the son of the Prophet Jo- ing voice that the government may pro*
Stephen Curtis, Orange J,. Wight, Irvin | soph Smith, to come forward and be or- tect itself from lhe ireusonable combina-
Carter; in the r^prthern States, Georgo dained by the Presidency of this Church, tions of the SaU Lake Mormon land pi*
Baily, NathanieWT. James. Henry Nison- to the office of Prophet, Seer, Revelator. rates and banditti.

ger, Edwin Cadwefl and Alva Smith. ) and translator of the Church, according Resolved. 'I'hat we disapprove of the
Resolved , 1 hat the Apostles and Elders to liis right by lineage: but we do hereby slanderous language of the apostates a-

A-**-

gainst President Wm. Smith and— weilo
hereby declare tliat their allegations k-
gainst his character are utterly unworthy
of notice and ought to. be treated witlkjn-
^jlignant contempt by every intelligent a
virtuous individual. Their allegations a
gainst him are the.ebulitions of depraved
hearts and corrupt minds. *
v Resolved , That we have no connec-
tion directly or indirectly with the Suit
Lake mormon bandjtrUnor with their trea-
sons, murders, robberies, adulteries, forni-
cations, spiritual and political usupations,
blasphemies, lies, slanders, and perse-
cutions, nor with any of their high-hand-
ed wickedness but on the contrary wc
will proclaim throughout tile, world, our
oternal hatted to all their abominations
§nd our determination to adhere to the
principles of virtue laid down in the law
of dod.

Resolved , That wo approve of the in-
dependent and patriotic course of Mr. L,
G. Curtis, the editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial, towards the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saiuts, and we high-
ly recommend his paper to the patronage
of our friends, and to the patronage of
all the friends of. free discussion- of every
name. . . PP

Resolved , That we deeply regret the
loss.of pur much. lamented brother, Otis
JJobart, who has been removed from us
and we; sympathise with his
family . and- with |J)P K JPe jMKi

Resolve^ That when* as thSSaTt L.ake
Mormon leaders have at various times
falsely represented-ihat Wm. Smith has
beeu cut off from the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saiuts, we there-
fore take t.us opportunity to state that
their declaration is false and libellous. —
The fact is, that those very men, even all
the Salt Lake Mormon leaders, haveLeeu
cut off from their former Apostleship from
the Church of J.* C. of Latter Day Saints
by the unattfmous vote of the Church and
the Presidency thereof, and’ consequently
they have no authority to cut off any per-
son from the Church, much less to cut off
tha Presidentof the Church.

Resolved , That we coincide in the
former excommunication of Brigham
Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Rich-
ards, John Taylor, Orson Hyde, Parley
P. Pratt, Orson Piatt, Wilford Woodruff
and Geo. A. Smith, and we do hereby
excommunicate all others who were once
members of the Church of J. C. of L. D.
S. but who areuow acting in conjunction
with these men, and are falsely professing
to be Apostles. <

Resolved , That these men are apos-
tates from the faith and doctrines which
have been revealed through. the Prophet
Joseph Smith, and are guilty of high-

I handed usurpation and wickedness, —
; claiming to be apostles and are not, but
; are the servants of Satan, and his king-
dom they are endeavoring to establish.

ey have forfeited all rights and claims
to the name of saiuts and their names are
blotted out of "the bamb’s Book of Life;

■ and God hath' appointed others, even
twelve men, to fill the places of those
men who have fallen fronyheir Apostle
j ship. The quorum of the twelve Apos-
| ties is now reorganized that the fulness
ol the Gospel rnai be carried to the na-
tions of the earthi and the kingdom of
| God be establishes in power and great
! glory, Zion be r<Beemed, and the purd
( in heart sec God a*d receive their inher-
j itances and becomi kings and priests un-
to the Most High (loci.

Resolved, Thaihe revelation concern-
ing brother Wight’) camp be adopted.

Resolved, Thatjwe highly approve of
the independent, Itmorable and patriotic
course of the Hoi. J. R. Underwood,
Senator, and the lion. R. 11. “Stanton,
representative of /he U. S. from Ken-
tucky, and the H?n. John . Wentworth,
representative of t«e U. S. from Illinois,
in faithfully presenting the memorials
which we have forwarded to jCongress.
exposing the treasonable, pimttcal and li-
centious principles ofSaltl^ake Mormon?
jsrn^an^ political

intrigues of that banditti, from triumphing
ofe th^cohstituifcn aud govefument’W
th

Resolved, Thatjro. Edwin N. Kings-
ley, be ordained jo the office of high
priest.

Resolved, That^rq.hers John Gfegson
and John Culhertfcp, be ordaipetf to the
office of an elder. v

These Brethren ^ero then ordained un-
der the bands ofPesidents William Smith
ann Isaac Sheen,

The conference was addressed in the
most appropriate nanner by the Prophet,
and in accordant* with the true princi-
ples of the ChuiUi of J. C. of L. D. S.,

I. • L. I I '? 1 _ .1 > .1. _ O 1 .

T~

Counsellor Aaron Hook addressed the
conference. Having just returned from
a mission in the Eastern States, he gave
a very encouraging account of the pros-
perity of the cause in that part of the
country, which was highly gratifying to
the Saints. In consequence of some re-
marks made by brothers Aaron Hook and
Isaac Sheen, the two following resolutions—j
were adopted:

Resolved, Th,at we return our sincere
thanks to Counsellor Aaron Hook for
expressing his approbation in thq admin-
istration of Pres. Wm. Smith in regard to
the appointment of brother Isaac Sheen
to be a Counsellor, in the Presidency of
the Church, “ .

Resolved, That we return our thanks
to brother Isaac Sheen for expressing his
willingness to recede from his office in tfio
Presidency of the Church, in order that,
brother Aaron Hook might hold that of/
fice.

Conference adjourned until 7 o’clock,

P. M.

Conference
ment.

Highly instructive addresses were de-
livered by iiii> ; Projyfrety and by brpthe*
Aaron ^fleoki r bJrbth^ Bailey, brother
Heath a fid ? broths Kfri

Conferencb ac^ournoU to meet April 9tm
at 7 o’clack,- P.'^ :: : i

r r> Cdhference mOt to

llwent . $0 y

f Opeaedr by prayee-firorh
Sheen:

Counsellor Aaron Hook delivered a. ve-
ry intelligent and scriptural discourse in
relation to the necessity of prophets in all
ogds.

Brother Curtis then made some remarks
in an appropriate manner, on the same
subject.

Prophet Wm. Smith also spoke on the
same subject. It was then

Resolved, That Councellor Aaron Hook
and Bro. Edwin Cadweff _ar</ instructed
to gather together a company of saints, in

met pursuant to adjourn-

which have beentevealed by the Prophet 4 Illinois to emigrate to Texas next fall.

The ejers, high priests, and] Conference adjourned 10 meet next

Joseph. „ .

apostles, general?, co-operated with the
Prophet in edilyj^g and instructing the
saints, and muchgood was done, both to
the saints and simers, arid a spirit of en-
quiry was fnanihfeted among the people
of this city. Sroh a glorious outpouring
of the spirit of iod, has nothben known
among thesaintisince the death of Joseph,
“the Shepherd, he Stone of Israel.”

Conference a^oumetl to meet April 8th,
ff o’olock, A. Ml

Conference nlet pursuant to adjourn
ment. - ^

After dinging and prayer, Bro. Silas
Caldwell was qgjnined a teacher.

evening.

On the evenings of the 9th and 10th.
the cotijeronco was addressed on the oil
important principles of salvation, by the
Prophet William, counsellor Aaron Hook
and olhet elders. On the last evening in
accordance with tlio counsel of the Pres*
dency it was <*

Resolved, That Bro. Otis Hobart be
interred with hia robes on him.

On motion conference adjourned sine
die. WM. SMITH, Pres.

Isaac Sheen, )

Aaron Hook, $

Covington, Ky., April 10, 186Q,

Counsellors.